Kicks off today. Among them are bob iger and warren buffett. No major deals have come out of it but consolidation, especially the paytv industry is expected to be a major focal point. Germany wasnt the only big winner in yesterdays world cup semi final turns out put her was a big winner. There were more than 35 million tweets sent during germanys blowout against brazil. Twitter says there are 580,000 tweets per minute as germany was scoring five goals in an 18 minute span. Now to our lead story of the day its the latest your in amazons bitter battle. Appealis making a direct to authors, proposing letting them keep 100 of the revenues from Digital Sales until the pricing dispute is resolved. The idea is the lack of revenue and foes would force both parties to get a deal done. Is refusing the deal, saying they have cut off the deal with amazon. Amazon responded with its own statement saying we call baloney. Hachette is part of a 10 billion conglomerate. They are making clear they want th
Warren buffett. No major deals have come out of it but consolidation, especially the paytv industry is expected to be a major focal point. Germany wasnt the only big winner in yesterdays world cup semi final turns out twitter was a big winner. There were more than 35 million tweets sent during germanys blowout against brazil. Twitter says there are 580,000 tweets per minute as germany was scoring five goals in an 18 minute span. Now to our lead story of the day its the latest your in amazons bitter battle. Amazon is making a direct appeal to authors, proposing letting them keep 100 of the revenues from Digital Sales until the pricing dispute is resolved. The idea is the lack of revenue would force both parties to get a deal done. But hachette is refusing the deal, saying they have cut off the deal with amazon. Amazon responded with its own statement saying we call baloney. Hachette is part of a 10 billion conglomerate. They are making clear they want their authors caught in the middle
To read a free ereader. Ive been in the book industry for over 20 years, and it seems for some reason or other it is an industry that is constantly under assault. Well, the fabulous people on this panel today are going to show you that the book industry is alive and well. This isnt to say that things havent changed in the book world over the past 20 years. Many things have changed. But im also please today say that one constant over the past couple decades is the Media Presence of john mudder who will be moderating todays panel, cofounder and editorinchief of shelf awareness. John was also a longtime executive ed or to have at Publishers Weekly and executive editor of p work daily for bookpw daily for booksellers. Go to the web site, www. Www. Shelfawareness. Com. Without further ado, ill turn the stage over to john who will introduce this panel of wonderful and talented professionals who will offer great insight into the everchanging world of the Book Business. John . [applause] thank
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