Tag: MACMILLAN

Back in January, Amazon tried to strong arm Macmillan into abiding by its e-book pricing rules. When the publisher demanded the ability to set its own prices in the Kindle store, Amazon simply yanked its books off the virtual shelves. Macmillan held fast to its demands, however, and, in the face of an impending challenge from the iPad, Amazon relented. Now, other publishers have begun ...

Publishers and educational companies are struggling with how to best utilize emerging technologies for addressing the needs of schools while staying relevant in an increasingly post-print world. Macmillan thinks it has a solution in DynamicBooks, a new subsidiary that sells editable, electronic textbooks. DynamicBooks allow professors to customize educational tomes by reordering chapters and ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... The Macmillan publishing house is one of the largest publishing companies in the world. Because of an e-book price dispute, though, Amazon actually removed Macmillan's vast collection of titles from its Web site. The online retailer has apparently relented, though, and will allow Macmillan to charge its own set prices for ...