UK publishers reject Nourry's e-book fears.
The article reports on the pricing dispute between electronic books and hardback publishers in Great Britain. It states that the claims by Hachette Livre Chief Executive Arnaud Nourry that there is hostility towards the pricing policy of Amazon were dismissed by publishers. According to Dan Franklin...
| Published in: | Bookseller no. 5398; p. 7 |
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Bookseller Media Ltd
9/4/2009
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| Summary: | The article reports on the pricing dispute between electronic books and hardback publishers in Great Britain. It states that the claims by Hachette Livre Chief Executive Arnaud Nourry that there is hostility towards the pricing policy of Amazon were dismissed by publishers. According to Dan Franklin, digital editor at Canongate, the current pricing structures were not ideal since readers do not see how it is justifiable for publishers to charge as much for hardback as for electronic books. |
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