Ebook News: Apple & Big Publishers Under Investigation For Alleged Collusion To Fix Ebook Prices

Apple and five major publishers, suspected of colluding to artificially raise and fix prices for ebooks, are under investigation by regulators in the U.S. and European Union. The whole thing began when Apple introduced its “agency pricing model” for ebooks last year. Up until that time, Amazon, as the dominant player in the ebook field, had … Read more