Needless to say, the big publishing news this week is the Wylie Agency’s Odyssey Editions and its exclusive deal to sell e-books by major authors like Nabokov and Phillip Roth only through the Kindle store. The responses from publishers and publishing people have been swift and mostly outraged. Here’s a little roundup:
The New York Times calls out the outrage a “fuss.”
At Huffington Post, thriller writer Jason Pinter weighs in.
The Guardian remarks on the “Fear and loathing” of American publishers.
On another tack, Munsey’s Technosnarl points out that the Odyssey e-books are nicely formatted.
eBookNewser quotes indie booksellers who are against Wylie.
GalleyCat rounds up our and others coverage, just as we’re rounding theirs back up.
Blogger Mike Cane points out that Amazon’s influence is, at some level, limited to E-Ink devices. He also bemoans the simplistic covers of the Odyssey e-books.
Let us know of other reactions you think we should post, and we’ll add ‘em.

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This is a really good read for me, Must admit that you are one of the best bloggers I ever saw.Thanks for posting this informative article.
Searching for this for some time now – i guess luck is more advanced than search engines
I think John Sargent of Macmillan’s reaction is worth a read: http://blog.macmillanspeaks.com/author/jsargent/
Another: http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/blog/2010/07/22/andrew-wylie-and-odyssey-editions/
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