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booksellers protest Amazon price-check app
Anger is growing against Amazon's new price-check app, which offers customers rebates for scanning items in-store but then buying them online.
US Dept. of Justice investigating ebook industry
The US Justice Department has launched a formal anti-trust investigation into the ebook industry.
Random UK titles on Apple iBooks; moves to agency model
Random House UK is the last of the major publishers to move to the agency model of ebook pricing and to make its titles available on Apple's iBooks store at fixed prices.
France imposes ebook price controls
A French parliamentary committee has voted unanimously to impose a fixed price on eBooks sold in France, even if they’re sold from sites based outside France.
Swiss to reinstate fixed book prices
Switzerland is set to return to fixed prices for books, for sales both in-store and online.
Hardie Grant Egmont announces price initiatives to support booksellers
Hardie Grant Egmont has announced a number of initiatives this week designed to support booksellers by addressing price concerns. The publisher said in a statement today that it has introduced a selec...
A&U named publisher of the year at 2011 Leading Edge Books conference
Allen & Unwin has been voted publisher of the year by independent booksellers across the country for the second year in a row. The publisher received the honour at the 2011 Leading Edge Books ...
Simon & Schuster revise prices
Simon & Schuster is the latest publishing house to announce a revision of its Australian pricing schedules. Simon & Schuster managing director Lou Johnson told the Weekly Book Newsle...
Random House opts for agency model on ebooks in US but not in UK
Random House has announced that in the US it will begin to use the 'agency model' of ebook pricing alongside the 'agency five' publishers; but it will hold off in the UK (perhaps due to the OFT invest...
UK Booksellers Association welcomes agency model inquiry
The UK's Booksellers Association has welcomed an inquiry by the Office of Fair Trading into the 'agency model' of ebook pricing, saying it is 'a seminal moment for the book trade'.
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