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markbot · 02-22-2012, 05:39 PM

Hard ball by Amazon.com or simply part of the normal warp and woof of business? Probably a bit of both

The Independent Publishers Group say Amazon.com has decided not to renew an agreement to resell electronic titles offered by the book distributor's client publishers in an apparent dispute over wholesale discounts on books. About 5,000 Kindle titles will be affected, though the print editions of the books remain available for sale on Amazon.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-573...#ixzz1n9Yas9UU

also

http://paidcontent.org/article/419-a...ht-over-terms/

02-22-2012, 05:39 PM	#1
markbot Guru Posts: 612 Karma: 7511929 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New York, NY Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2	5,000 IPG Kindle titles shut down by Amazon in pricing dispute Hard ball by Amazon.com or simply part of the normal warp and woof of business? Probably a bit of both The Independent Publishers Group say Amazon.com has decided not to renew an agreement to resell electronic titles offered by the book distributor's client publishers in an apparent dispute over wholesale discounts on books. About 5,000 Kindle titles will be affected, though the print editions of the books remain available for sale on Amazon. Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-573...#ixzz1n9Yas9UU also http://paidcontent.org/article/419-a...ht-over-terms/ Last edited by markbot; 02-22-2012 at 05:46 PM.