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Apple and Amazon face price-fixing inquiry

Connecticut is the second US state to launch a price-fixinginvestigation over the 'agency model' of ebook pricing.

Amazon and Facebook team up

Amazon and Facebook have announced a new partnership that will offer a personalized page on Amazon where consumers can see product recommendations influenced by their Facebook friends.

UK publishers won't be able to set Kindle prices

The latest-model Kindle ereader is about to go on sale in the UK along with a UK-based Kindle store on Amazon.co.uk, but UK-based publishers won't be controlling the prices.

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Bezos: ebook sales 'will surpass paperbacks in nine to 12 months'

The speed of takeup of Kindle ebooks has surprised even Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who now predicts that Amazon's sales of ebooks will surpass paperbacks in less than a year.

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Amazon announces Kindle 3, from US$139

Amazon has announced a third-generation Kindle ereader, with prices starting at US$139.

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'In defense of Amazon'

Amazon isn't to blame for the systemic problems of the book industry, writes Ruth Franklin.

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Quote of the week

‘Are we comfortable with it? No. At the same time, we need to keep it in perspective [...] I'm concerned about the principles involved here but I don't believe it is a cosmic issue'--Penguin Gro...

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US Authors Guild on Wylie: 'publishers have brought this upon themselves'

While the US Authors Guild think that the Amazon-exclusive nature of the Andrew Wylie ebook deal is 'weird', it believes that 'publishers have brought this upon themselves'.

Harper UK joins in Andrew Wylie criticism

Harper UK has joined Random House and Macmillan in condemning the move by literary agent Andrew 'The Jackal' Wylie to publish Kindle-only ebook versions of 20 of his most valuable backlist classics.