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HERE?S MORE ON THAT Amazon vs. MacMillan Kindle-book Price Dispute. ?Macmillan CEO John Sargent sai?

By Glenn Reynolds

HERE’S MORE ON THAT Amazon vs. MacMillan Kindle-book Price Dispute. “Macmillan CEO John Sargent said he was told Friday that its books would be removed from Amazon.com, as would e-books for Amazon’s Kindle e-reader. Books will be available on Amazon.com through private sellers and other third parties, Sargent said. . . . Macmillan and other publishers have criticized Amazon for charging just $9.99 for best-selling e-books on its Kindle e-reader, a price publishers say is too low and could hurt hardcover sales.” So is Amazon being a bully here, or standing up for consumers?

UPDATE: Reader (and author) C.J. Burch emails: “No sympathy for publishers from me.” Well, many authors view publishers this way, but on the other hand, royalties are computed based on price, so . . . .

On the other hand, many authors feel that the publishers kinda fail to pass along as much as they should.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Reader Eric Klien writes: “Amazon is being a Walmart-type bully and trying to get the best possible deals for its customers.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on January 30, 2010 (boomark / email).