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Waiting for Common Sense — Not: The Agency 6

March 2nd, 2011 · 1 Comment · opinion

It used to be the Agency 5, now it’s the Agency 6 as Random House has caved and instituted agency pricing. This further changes my book-buying habits. Let me start by saying that I am not outright opposed to the agency system. What I am opposed to — and appalled by — is the pricing. [...]

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Japanese publishers to create common ebook format

October 27th, 2010 · 2 Comments · ebook format

Voyager Japan and Sharp are planning to develop a new ebook format. Sharp Corp. (TSE:6753) and e-book software developer Voyager Japan Inc. will submit the specifications of their formats free of charge to the Electronic Book Publishers Association of Japan. The trade organization, consisting of 41 major publishers, will then create a common format by [...]

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