Tag: MACMILLAN

Macmillan has just announced a new tool called DynamicBooks that allows professors to edit the publisher's massive repository of textbooks and provide them to classes in a digital format. I couldn't dig up any info on whether the format is proprietary, open, or uses an existing eBook standard, but Macmillan says its books will be viewable on computers and iPhones, with iPad and Android versions ...

Just days after Amazon.com decided to stop selling all books by Macmillan and its imprints, the online book giant has relented and added buy buttons back to Macmillan titles. The publisher vs. retailer dispute arose when Macmillan wanted to raise prices on its eBooks to $15, which is well over what Amazon currently charges (and, arguably, more than consumers will pay). You can get the details of ...

For the last few days Amazon and Macmillan have been waging a tiny little war over the future of eBook pricing. You may have missed it, because unlike most wars, the stakes in this battle aren't all that visible. Digital book sales still make up a relatively small portion of the digital media world and pale in comparison to the growing markets for digital music and movie downloads. But as eBook ...