Publishers petition to end Cuban book embargo
The March 14th cover of Publishers Weekly won’t feature an author, or a new book. Instead, it will highlight a petition, signed by more than 40 representatives of the publishing industry,… Read more »
Amazon foe Mark Suchomel leaves indie distributor IPG
As of Wednesday evening, there was still little in the way of explanation for why Mark Suchomel, president of indie distributor Independent Publishers Group (IPG), was leaving his company. Suchomel… Read more »
Indie booksellers echo B&N’s charges against the DOJ and Amazon
Just days after Barnes & Noble voiced its opposition to the Department of Justice’s lawsuit against Apple, Macmillan and Penguin and the harsh terms of the settlement with Hachette, Simon &… 1 / Read more »
3 Questions for IPG president Mark Suchomel about surviving the Amazon boycott
As a MobyLives report detailed yesterday, Amazon.com has ended its boycott of ebooks from the more than 500 independent publishers distributed by the Independent Publishers Group (IPG) by finally coming… Read more »
IPG publisher says industry is in a state of ‘undeclared war’
An indie publisher has added his voice to the growing number of public opponents of Amazon. In his article ‘Amazon’s Assault on Intellectual Freedom’, Bryce Milligan of Wings Press in… Read more »
Amazon vs. indie publishers: IPG “not budging”
Amazon.com’s siege of the over 400 independent publishers distributed by the Independent Publishers Group hasn’t been in the news much lately because there haven’t been any new developments since the… 1 / Read more »
Do indies want agency terms?
Last week Independent Publishers Group CEO Curt Matthews wrote a blog post titled “What Should an E-book Cost?” Like most attempts to quantify the financial costs and benefits of publishing, Matthews’… Read more »
Should a bookstore have to sell everything?
Seth Godin’s newest commentary for The Domino Project, “Who Decides What Gets Sold In The Bookstore?”, doesn’t explicitly reference Amazon’s boycott of indie titles from IPG, but it says something… Read more »
Reaction to Amazon retribution against IPG spreads quickly, but Big Six remain silent
The news that Amazon.com has removed thousands of ebooks from the Independent Publishers Group (IPG) — the distributor for hundreds of small presses — in retribution after IPG refused to… 14 / Read more »
Return of the thug: Amazon removes buy buttons for thousands of ebooks from indie distributor that won’t play ball
MobyLives has previously noted rumors (see this earlier report) that Amazon has been making “astronomical” demands on publishers trying to negotiate their annual contract with the company. It’s the talk… 9 / Read more »