Random House Balks at iBooks
There’s lots of buzz on the Web today about an Financial Times article [accessible by subscribers to FT only] about Random House and Apple’s iBooks. According to various reports on the article, Random House has not struck a deal with Apple because the company is uncomfortable with Apple’s agency model and fears iPad will spur a price-war over eBooks.
Here’s more from The Bookseller: “The FT reports that Markus Dohle, Random House chief executive, did not exclude the possibility of reaching a deal before the iPad goes on sale on 3rd April, but said he was treading carefully, as Apple’s pricing regime could erode established publishing practices.
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