Celebrated authors bypass publishing houses to sell ebooks via Amazon
Discontent over digital royalties prompts Roth, Amis and other leading names to enter into exclusive deal with Odyssey Editions
An eye-wateringly stellar list of authors, from Philip Roth to Orhan Pamuk, Martin Amis and John Updike, is bypassing publishers to sell digital editions of books directly to readers, via Amazon.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Thursday, 22 July, 2010
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