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By: Random, Last Big Six Holdout, Embraces Agency Model | Publishing In the 21st Century

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:15:31 +0000

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By: アマゾンのシェア「急落」予想の無意味 : EBook2.0 Forum

アマゾンのシェア「急落」予想の無意味 : EBook2.0 Forum — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:22:24 +0000

[...] Random House sides with Amazon, e-book readers on pricing, By Roger Theriault, Inside T/S Tech, 2/8/2010 [...]

By: Industry News: 2/14/10 | RWA-WF

Industry News: 2/14/10 | RWA-WF — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:02:59 +0000

[...] Random House sides with Amazon on e-book pricing. Madeline McIntosh, the President of Sales, Operations, and Digital for Random House, points out that publishers “have no real experience at setting retail prices.” She also thinks delaying the release of ebooks isn’t a good idea. “Our current policy is we release e-books at the same time as physical books,” followed by “I haven’t been convinced that it’s good for the author or consumer to delay the release. My fear is that the consumer who has fully embraced the technology will buy another e-book that is available or lose interest altogether. What if I train the consumer that the best scenario is to get it free?” [...]

By: Natasha Fondren » Nothing in YA is Overdone.

Natasha Fondren » Nothing in YA is Overdone. — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:15:15 +0000

[...] finally, Random House has just shot to the top of the list as my favorite NY publisher. We all have things that are important to us, and to me, pricing and availability of ebooks is way [...]

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Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:14:59 +0000

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Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:42:16 +0000

[...] True Slant point out that Random House are not pushing for the agency model. This quote from Madeline McIntosh of Random House regarding delaying ebook releases is very insightful - “I haven’t been convinced that it’s good for the author or consumer to delay the release. [...]