Amazon reshelves Macmillan titles but not e-books
From Reuters US Online Report Technology News | 2010-02-08 05:32:19
<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - Online retailer Amazon.com Inc resumed selling hardcover and paperback books from Macmillan Publishers late on Friday in a sign the two companies are getting closer to resolving a pricing dispute over Macmillan's electronic books, which remain unavailable on Amazon.</p><p>Popular titles such as "Sarah's Key" by Tatiana de Rosnay were once again available in hardcover for $17.13. But Amazon's website displayed a message for those wanting to read the book on a Kindle: "Tell the publisher! I'd like to read this book on the Kindle."</p><p>Neither Amazon nor the privately held Macmillan were immediately available to comment.</p><p>Amazon temporarily removed all titles published by Macmillan, whose imprints include Farrar, Straus and Giroux, and Henry Holt and Co, from its website last weekend.</p><p>The online retailer has come under fire from a number publishers for the low prices it charges for e-books to spur demand for the Kindle, hoping to fend off new rivals such as Apple Inc that are set to join the e-books fray with the iPad.</p><p>Amazon currently charges $9.99 for the e-book version of most new releases and bestsellers. Macmillan wanted to charge $12.99 to $14.99 for the e-book version of most of its books.</p><p>(Reporting by Lisa Shumaker; Editing by Eric Walsh)</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=68676450&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>
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