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Amazon Battles Apple By Arm-Twisting Publishers

Posted by Soulskill on from the slapfight-of-the-titans dept.

bizwriter writes "Apple has upset the e-book pricing cart by agreeing to a so-called agency model, where the publisher sets the price and the seller takes a cut. This goes contrary to the degree of control Amazon likes, so although it apparently gave in to Macmillan back in February, it turns out that Amazon continues twisting arms. The problem publishers face is that Apple has a most-favored-nation clause, so it gets the best deal that the publishers offer. If the publishers give in to Amazon, then they also have to provide the same terms to Apple."

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  1. Re:Ambiguous title by TSchut · · Score: 1, Informative

    Nor has it anything to do with fruit or one-breasted women riding horses and shooting arrows.

  2. Meanwhile by zippthorne · · Score: 3, Informative

    Barnes & Noble's device is fairly decent, although its missing Wikipedia and some of the features could be better done. Why is this is being set up as an Apple vs. Amazon fight when, of the several companies putting out eReaders, Apple is the only one who doesn't actually have a device available for sale right now?

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    1. Re:Meanwhile by Low+Ranked+Craig · · Score: 2, Informative

      it's for sale, just not shipping until April 3rd. http://www.apple.com/ipad/pre-order/?aid=AIC-WWW-NAUS-K2-PREORDER-IPAD-INDEX&cp=PREORDER-IPAD-INDEX

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