This is a cross-posting of an editorial from April L. Hamilton’s Indie Author Blog. Given that anyone who reads my blog is an author, publisher, or otherwise involved in the book business, I don’t think I need to trouble myself with recounting every detail of how the U.S. Department of Justice came to charge Apple, … Read more
Yesterday the New York Times reported: As soon as the Department of Justice announced Wednesday that it was suing five major publishers and Apple on price-fixing charges, and simultaneously settling with three of them, Amazon announced plans to push down prices on e-books. The price of some major titles could fall to $9.99 or less from … Read more
As promised, we provide this update on the U.S. Justice Department’s price fixing and collusion case against Apple and the Agency 5, as we originally reported in this earlier post. On The Mail, Rob Waugh reports: Justice Department could halt price deal which prevented Amazon discounting Deal between Apple and five publishers Ebook prices risen up … Read more