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		<title>Macmillan Response to Wylie Exclusive Publishing Deal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I said I would write here occasionally, when I felt it was important to do so. It is important now. Andrew Wylie has decided to become a publisher.
Welcome, Andrew. In today&#8217;s world job functions, channels of distribution, and age-old relationships are constantly shifting. Combining the functions of agent and publisher raises serious issues that I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Answers to some questions from the comments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi out there.  I have been reading through the traffic from my last post on e book pricing and the agency model. Rather than answer you all individually, I&#8217;ll take a shot at answering four questions that encompass the general nature of the responses.
1) What is the difference between a &#8220;hardcover&#8221; and &#8220;paperback&#8221; e book?  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.macmillanspeaks.com/answers-to-some-questions-from-the-comments/</link>
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		<title>Macmillan CEO John Sargent on the agency model, availability and price</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After the events of the past several weeks, I have been in touch with many of you. It has become clear to me that there is far too little accurate information available in this time of unprecedented change. The issues we all face together are complex, and no news story or 140-character snippet can adequately address them. Therefore, I propose to write you occasionally, when I get a sense that there is a need for direct information.

The first topic is the e-book agency model, and how it will affect our business in the near term.]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.macmillanspeaks.com/macmillan-ceo-john-sargent-on-the-agency-model-availability-and-price/</link>
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		<title>To Macmillan Authors and Illustrators, and the Agent Community</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am sorry I have been silent since Saturday. We have been in constant discussions with Amazon since then. Things have moved far enough that hopefully this is the last time I will be writing to you on this subject.
Over the last few years we have been deeply concerned about the pricing of electronic books. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Message from Macmillan CEO John Sargent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This past Thursday I met with Amazon in Seattle. I gave them our proposal for new terms of sale for e books under the agency model which will become effective in early March. In addition, I told them they could stay with their old terms of sale, but that this would involve extensive and deep windowing of titles. By the time I arrived back in New York late yesterday afternoon they informed me that they were taking all our books off the Kindle site, and off Amazon. The books will continue to be available on Amazon.com through third parties.]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.macmillanspeaks.com/a-message-from-macmillan-ceo-john-sargent/</link>
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