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by | February 1, 2010

Amazon Shares Down 6% After Accepting Macmillan’s eBook Pricing Strategy

After a much heated up debate between the two companies, Amazon.com has finally agreed to give in to publishing giant Macmillan and will be selling e-books at a higher price (price that Amazon thinks is too high). Hilary Mantel’s “Wolf … Continue reading →

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by | January 7, 2010

another one enters the ebook reader market – many more to come

2010 is truly going to be the year of ebooks and ebook devices. The expected number of devices sold in 2010 is around 10 million. That is a huge number and it will surely keep rising (till everyone on the … Continue reading →

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by | December 24, 2009

Mediabistro Ebook summit: Amazon ebook pricing predatory

In one of the more interesting sessions Bob LiVolsi, founder of independent e-book retailer Books On Board, blamed Amazon of destrying the book market by pricing the ebooks at $9.99. According to him this would lead to much lower profit … Continue reading →

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by | December 18, 2009

Sony defends DRM and higher price point for ebooks

Steve Haber, of the Digital Reading Business division at Sony, doesn’t see DRM vanishing soon. and feels that that the Amazon’s price point of $9.99 fits the bestseller pricing strategy and the prices of ebook should vary anywhere between $10-$20 … Continue reading →

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