Another implication of the new agency model for selling ebooks hit home yesterday as Ingram Digital sent a letter from general manager Andrew Weinstein to approximately 65 retailers the company serves. He alerted them to “the very real possibility that Ingram will have to discontinue the availability of ebook titles from all publishers wishing to do business under an agency model…on or before April 1.” He indicated that “the publishers opting to do business in an agency model have left us little choice,” adding that “it has become clear that not only will Ingram need to agree to do business […]
