Random House remains the most conspicuously absent publisher from the iPad, and ceo Markus Dohle indicates to the FT he “did not exclude the possibility of reaching a deal” before April 3, though it remains unlikely. Dohle said Apple’s proposition means “changes, in particular for our stakeholders,” indicating that further discussions with authors and agents are needed. In restating the obvious, they write he is “treading carefully, as Apple’s pricing regime could erode established publishing practices.” Which is the whole point. In early February, Random House president Madeline McIntosh told booksellers about a series of concerns that publishers “have no […]
