Justice Department Threatens Lawsuits, Alleging Collusion Over E-Book Pricing

[Mark Kohut]

Paul's point about the life of printed books still being strong is true.
Most major trade book publishers are getting up to @30% of their
sales in ebooks.....many books higher; many books much lower: Houses quite variable.
 
However, it is also true that Houses inflate paper print runs in newspaper communications,
that is, they lie, with every press release of "announced printing"......the lie is at least 2-1,
sometimes more.......
 
In this story, with three books, I think it must mean an announced 250,000 copies of each book in the trilogy.....
with real printings of probably 75,000 to 125,000........................................
 
As has been stated, no need to overprint if one can go back to press very fast and easily.  first oders
and immediate sales are all the first printing is for......
 
One can never tell, all the Houses assume.....she could be sued for plagiarism, some kind of influential
backlash can slow/kill them, etc......... 

From: Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net>
To: pynchon-l at waste.org 
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: Justice Department Threatens Lawsuits, Alleging Collusion Over E-Book Pricing

On 3/10/2012 11:03 AM, Paul Mackin wrote:
> On 3/10/2012 9:43 AM, TOMAS LAJOUS wrote:
>> They're working on the next version, the Kindle 451.
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> Apparently print book publishing has SOME life left in. Some
> rediscovered porno is described in the morning Times in blockbuster terms:
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> "On Monday, the publisher will release new e-book editions of the
> trilogy. Weeks later will come a 750,000-copy print run of redesigned
> paperback editions."
>
> .nytimes.com/2012/03/10/business/media/an-erotic-novel-50-shades-of-grey-goes-viral-with-women.html?_r=1&ref=arts
>


oops I provided an incomplete url try below


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/10/business/media/an-erotic-novel-50-shades-of-grey-goes-viral-with-women.html?ref=books


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>> TL
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>> Sent from my iPad
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>> On Mar 10, 2012, at 8:29 AM, Mark Kohut<markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>> Thou wouldst as soon go kindle fire with snow
>>> As seek to quench the fire of love with words.
>>> ---Merry Wives of Windsor.
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Paul Mackin<mackin.paul at verizon.net>
>>> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>>> Sent: Friday, March 9, 2012 5:08 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Justice Department Threatens Lawsuits, Alleging
>>> Collusion Over E-Book Pricing
>>>
>>> On 3/9/2012 4:14 PM, Erik T. Burns wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Yes, well, it alterately amuses& worries me that the Amazon device
>>>> is named for a firestarter.
>>>
>>>
>>> Amazon is obsessed with book burning. The newest gadget isn't just a
>>> Kindle, it's a Kindle Fire.
>>>
>>> But i'm a pushover for all such things. My newest is officially
>>> designated Paul's 3rd Kindle. It's all so comfy here in the Amazon
>>> family.
>>>
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>>>> On Mar 9, 2012, at 8:42 PM, Paul Mackin<mackin.paul at verizon.net> wrote:
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>>>>> On 3/9/2012 3:14 PM, Dave Monroe wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Paul
>>>>>> Mackin<mackin.paul at verizon.net> wrote:
>>>>>> .
>>>>>>> But seriously, yes, catastrophe could strike. The successive
>>>>>>> fires to the
>>>>>>> Great Library made the Dark Ages darker.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But never send to know for whom the clock is ticking; it ticks
>>>>>>> for digital
>>>>>>> and printed books alike.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAxARJyaTEA
>>>>>>
>>>>> Good one, Dave.
>>>>>
>>>>> P
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