Books from Amazon.com in dispute over price

NEW YORK - The new copies of Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel, "" Andrew Young "Politicians" and other books were published by Macmillan, will not be available Saturday on Amazon.com, a drastic step in the continuing conflict in e-book prices . Macmillan CEO John Sargent said Friday he learned that his books on Amazon.com would be abolished, as well as eBooks for Amazon Kindle E-Reader. Books on Amazon.com through private providers and other third parties, said Sargent. Sargent met with representatives from Amazon on Thursday to discuss new pricing model editor for e-books. He wrote in a letter to Macmillan authors and literary agents on Saturday that the plan allows Amazon to make more money selling books, Macmillan Macmillan and would make less. He described the conflict as a dispute about "the long-term stability of the digital book market." Macmillan and other publishers have Amazon for the collection of only 9.99 euros for the best-selling e-books criticizes its e-reader Kindle, the best publishers say, is too low and could hurt sales issue, which is generally a list price of over $ 24 . Macmillan is one of the world's leading publisher of English language. its divisions include St. Martin's Press, himself one of the largest publishers in the United States, Henry Holt & Co., one of the oldest publishers in America, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, and gate, before science - fiction editor. Sargent Amazon credited in his letter, calling the company a customer's "valuable" and an innovator "in our great industry." But, he writes, the digital publishing industry needs a business model to create equality of opportunity for retailers offers. Following the model of Macmillan, will be launched in March, e-books will be priced at $ 12.99 to $ 14.99 when the first set and the price may change over time. For its part, Amazon wants to keep a lid on prices that the competitors line up to its dominant position in a growing market challenge. The company did not immediately return messages Search this Saturday. Nook Barnes & Noble and Sony Corp. electronic book reader techniques berei ts available. But the newest and most talked about challengers Apple Inc., introduced only the long-awaited iPad tablet PC, and a new book online via the iTunes model. Apple CEO Steve Jobs, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, May suggested that some publishers offer e-titles to Apple before they are eligible to go on sale at Amazon.com The market for e-book of growing importance for the Amazon. The Company has no specific sales on the Kindle, but Chief Executive Jeff Bezos on Thursday that clean "millions" on the unit. The company now sells six digital copies to all 10 physical limit pound available in. tied to the more lucrative, they said get Publisher Simon & Schuster and Harper Collins, Hachette Book Group USA, they would be the deadline for the release of digital copies to be imposed. This is not the first time that the books have disappeared from the virtual shelves of Amazon. Last summer, users of Kindle have been surprised to receive a notice that George Orwell works that they have acquired, including "1984" and "Animal Farm had" been removed and refunded the money. It was a deletion of piracy that was in the Kindle Store displays, but the test revealed a concern - that a book can be purchased already paid and will not withdraw from an online shop. The Kindle is working on a wireless connection that ultimately controls the Amazon. Bezos apologized later, and Amazon offering affected customers free books, or $ 30. Friday night, when the author Cory Doctorow, published by Tor, the division of Macmillan, readers and writers of "civilian victims" of the conflict in a posting on his popular site boingboing.net. This is a case "of the two giants will now show just why the market concentration is bad for art," he writes. Tor Another writer, John Scalzi, speculated that Amazon move "you would not be a long term relationship with Amazon publishing houses, which Amazon is likely to want," he wrote on his website. ___ AP Business Writer Andrew Vanacore in New York contributed to this report.