In this week’s New Yorker, Ken Auletta looks at the agency ebook cases. The piece draws on interviews with John Sargent and the leadership of Hachette Book Group, so now we know that when Sargent decided to go with the agency model at 4 in the morning on his exercise bike, Auletta tells us he was “pedalling furiously.” Lagardere Publishing chief executive Arnaud Nourry says, “I would have liked to convince DOJ we did not misbehave.” But “it’s a waste of time and a diversion for management. We’re a small company compared to the big guys, like Apple and Amazon.” […]
