http://blog.laptopmag.com/amazon-announces-that-ultimately-we-will-have-to-capitulate-to-macmillan News and views on today's hottest laptops, cell phones, and other mobile devices. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:47:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blog.laptopmag.com/amazon-announces-that-ultimately-we-will-have-to-capitulate-to-macmillan/comment-page-1#comment-27134 Mark York Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:32:44 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=28758#comment-27134 I got a Kindle over the holidays and have been reading with it ever since. It's a brilliant device, but is klunky/awkward to use and falls short overall from a design perspective. While the Macmillan negotiations are tactically interesting, I think the bigger story is that Apple will ultimately be the winner in the "ebook" category with iPad and other next gen mobile devices, and their approach to working with the publishing industry. I got a Kindle over the holidays and have been reading with it ever since. It’s a brilliant device, but is klunky/awkward to use and falls short overall from a design perspective. While the Macmillan negotiations are tactically interesting, I think the bigger story is that Apple will ultimately be the winner in the “ebook” category with iPad and other next gen mobile devices, and their approach to working with the publishing industry.

]]> http://blog.laptopmag.com/amazon-announces-that-ultimately-we-will-have-to-capitulate-to-macmillan/comment-page-1#comment-27097 Steven Gould Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:01:17 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=28758#comment-27097 And McMillan in this case doesn't even necessarily have a monopoly on those books. My contracts retain both audio and e-book rights. I can publish those completely separately through other specialty publishers or by myself. And McMillan in this case doesn’t even necessarily have a monopoly on those books. My contracts retain both audio and e-book rights. I can publish those completely separately through other specialty publishers or by myself.

]]> http://blog.laptopmag.com/amazon-announces-that-ultimately-we-will-have-to-capitulate-to-macmillan/comment-page-1#comment-27093 Tara Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:11:05 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=28758#comment-27093 Love the image. It perfectly encapsulates the whole debacle. Love the image. It perfectly encapsulates the whole debacle.

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