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Microsoft executive leaves to work on the Kindle

According to Tech Flash, Mike Nash, a 19 year veteran of Microsoft, is leaving to join the Kindle team. Nash is, or was, Microsoft’s corporate vice president in charge of Windows 7 platform strategy. Nash, according to the article, is familiar with the Kindle business.

Here is a snippet from the press release announcing Kindle [...]

Full text of new Macmillan ad in Publishers Lunch

And now on to royalties. Three or four weeks ago, we began discussions with the Author’s Guild on their concerns about our new royalty terms. We indicated then that we would be flexible and that we were prepared to move to a higher rate for digital books. In ongoing discussions with our major agents at [...]