Solve : Publishers warned on ebook prices?

1.	Solve : Publishers warned on ebook prices?
Answer» Five US PUBLISHERS are being threatened with legal action over the way they set prices for electronic books, reports the Wall Street Journal. The US Department of Justice (DoJ) said the five had conspired to raise the prices of ebooks. Also included in the legal threat is electronics firm Apple because of its role in the way ebooks are priced. The threat comes as the publishers negotiate Full story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17300074About time... I got a Kindle for my Mom ...books from any VENDOR were priced identically from different vendors. That coupled with being LOCKED in by branding to 1 source really made me start sayin Hmmmm...Quote from: patio on March 08, 2012, 02:13:56 PM About time... Yeah definitely, I tried ebooks for a short time as I read a LOT but nothing compares to a book in your hand in my opinion. But the price fixing is just another way to screw over the end user. An alternative not MANY people know about is the local public library. I know SOMEONE with a Kindle and she goes to the library and can download two books at a time for free. You have to have a library card, but that's cheap.Yepper... That's exactly what i have Mom doin now... I take her up there about every 2 weeks...

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Five US PUBLISHERS are being threatened with legal action over the way they set prices for electronic books, reports the Wall Street Journal.

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) said the five had conspired to raise the prices of ebooks.

Also included in the legal threat is electronics firm Apple because of its role in the way ebooks are priced.

The threat comes as the publishers negotiate

Full story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17300074About time...
I got a Kindle for my Mom ...books from any VENDOR were priced identically from different vendors.
That coupled with being LOCKED in by branding to 1 source really made me start sayin Hmmmm...Quote from: patio on March 08, 2012, 02:13:56 PM

About time...

Yeah definitely, I tried ebooks for a short time as I read a LOT but nothing compares to a book in your hand in my opinion. But the price fixing is just another way to screw over the end user. An alternative not MANY people know about is the local public library. I know SOMEONE with a Kindle and she goes to the library and can download two books at a time for free. You have to have a library card, but that's cheap.Yepper...
That's exactly what i have Mom doin now...
I take her up there about every 2 weeks...

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