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Hachette

(La Librairie Hachette), French joint-stock society for the publishing and distribution of books and periodical publications. It was created in 1919 in Paris and was based on the book-publishing and trading firm of L. Hachette, which was founded in 1826. Hachette issues over 50 million books and distributes 80 million books annually and controls two major daily newspapers, France Soir and Paris-Presse-L’lntransigeant. It owns 49 percent of the shares of the press distribution company Nouvelle Messagerie de la Presse Parisienne. Hachette finances the firm Monopresse, which produces musical phonograph records, as well as a firm producing telefilms (Tele-A). Hachette has affiliates in other Western European countries and in a number of countries in Africa.

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Bury the hachette |Hachette Book Group's exhibition at BookExpo America THE months-long war between Amazon and Hachette over ebook pricing has finally come to an end, with news that the web giant and book publisher have agreed to the terms of a multi-year deal.

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Bury the hachette THE months-long war between Amazon and Hachette over ebook pricing has finally come to an end, with news that the web giant and book publisher have agreed to the terms of a multi-year deal.

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Amazon and Hachette announced Thursday that they have resolved their differences and signed a new multiyear contract, bringing an official end to a publishing dispute that blossomed into a major cultural and business brawl.

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Amazon and Hachette Book Group are still battling over ebooks, and Authors United--a group of authors from Hachette and other publishers--has reached out to Amazon's board of directors.

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Desde hace varios meses, la tienda Amazon y la editorial Hachette--filial estadounidense de Lagardere--han fracasado en la negociacion del precio de los libros electronicos: Amazon ha estado presionando a Hachette para que acceda a bajarlo de quince dolares a 9.