Tag: price fixing
Kindle Prices Still Too High!
The Kindle line basically started the digital reading revolution. They were neither the first nor the best when they appeared, but Kindles were the driving force behind it. Amazon got…
Thoughts on Amazon, the Kindle Platform, and the Anti-Amazon Publisher Defense
The ongoing conversation regarding the DOJ suit against five of the Big 6 publishers and Apple has at times been even more interesting than the case itself in what it…
Analyst Says Short-Term Kindle Demand Falling, DOJ Settlements May Upset Those Predictions
According to some recent research by Pacific Crest analyst Chad Bartley, the demand for both Kindle E Ink eReaders and Kindle Fire tablets has fallen noticeably from Q4 2011 to…
Kindle Owners Win Big With First DOJ Publisher Settlement
The first major change in eBook pricing to come about since the launch of the iPad is at hand. The U.S. Department of Justice has already negotiated settlements with three…
Agency Model Set To Fall! Kindle Book Prices Will Follow Suit
Not much is known at this time about what options are being discussed by the publishers under attack by the Justice Department. We do have good information that there are…
Arguing that Amazon’s Behavior Justifies Agency Model Price Fixing is Idiotic
Since the rise of the Agency Model that Apple made possible for publishers in a partnership surrounding the release of the iBooks application and store for the original iPad (a…
The Current State of the Agency Model and Why It Matters: The Effect on Kindle Book Publishing
So, we’re back again to the conversation regarding the ever-unpopular Agency Model for pricing of Kindle and other eBooks. For once we have some actual solid new developments, though not…