[publishing] The agency model explained, maybe

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I’ve run down a couple of posts that have gotten me a lot closer to understanding the ins and outs of the “agency model”, which of course lies at the heart of the Amazon-Macmillan dispute. I’m prepping for my chemo infusion, and don’t have time for analysis or commentary, but here’s the links that may be useful to others.

Apple pitching its agency model to book publishers — From ZDNet.

Apple’s disruption of the ebook market has nothing to do with the tablet — From the Idea Logical Blog.

Note both of these slightly predate the current kerfuffle, so it’s interesting to read their analyses without the filter of the side-taking going on right now.

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  1. rhbee says:
    February 5, 2010 at 10:57 am

    Hi Jay,

    Just thought I’d drop by to wish you well and tell you that I just finished reading Mainspring early this morning. I wonder if you keep in mind the heart of man is the heart of God as you go forward with your treatments. Any mantra in a storm, eh.

    As to the subject above, I am sure you are aware of the discussion at Bookmark and also at Nicola’s Blog. I fear we are in the way of the same progress that has hit the music/film biz. I do believe we need a new economic model if we are to surmount this problem and the many others that the world economy is facing.

    Some deeply committed form of bartering comes to mind.

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