Amazon’s Fleming Acquisition May Not Bond with B&N
In another coup for its book publishing enterprises, Amazon’s Thomas & Mercer imprint has acquired fourteen novels in Ian Fleming’s James Bond thriller series, plus two nonfiction books by Fleming.
If Amazon’s policy holds true the books will be carried exclusively on the Kindle e-reader. As Publishers Lunch‘s Michael Cader points out, however, the news “brings attention again for Barnes & Noble, and whether they will carry the print editions. Since Amazon says the ebooks will be Kindle exclusives at the outset, and BN has already declined to carry titles from Amazon Publishing in their physical stores, the policy is unlikely to change.”
B&N has stated its position about Amazon Publishing’s books in no uncertain terms.
Richard Curtis
