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OneGrassRoot

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64. An FYI for this thread: Publishers Weekly article
Fri Apr 13, 2012, 11:07 AM
Apr 2012
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/51500-turow-apple-worry-about-amazon-monopoly.html?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly%27s+PW+Daily&utm_campaign=978bd8acf9-UA-15906914-1&utm_medium=email

After keeping silent immediately following the Department of Justice's lawsuit on Wednesday both Apple and the Authors Guild reacted to the actions Thursday. Apple denied the charges and said the launch of the iBookstore helped to break “Amazon's monopolistic grip on the publishing industry" a company spokesperson told the Wall Street Journal.

Authors Guild president Scott Turow also used the word monopoly in his response, saying that low Kindle book prices “will last only as long as it takes Amazon to re-establish its monopoly. It is hard to believe that the Justice Department has somehow persuaded itself that this solution fosters competition or is good for readers in the long run.”

Turow, who in March wrote a much touted essay on why possible DOJ action against the publishers and Apple would be "grim news" went on: “by allowing Amazon to resume selling most titles at a loss, the Department of Justice will basically prevent traditional bookstores from trying to enter the e-book market, at the same time it drives trade out of those stores and into the proprietary world of the Kindle. The settlement provides a gigantic obstacle to Amazon’s competitors in the e-book business by allowing Amazon to function without making a profit, something that leaves that market forbidding to anyone else who might think of entering, and a bad business for those already there."

Ever wonder why Amazon no longer has a monopoly on eBooks? onehandle Apr 2012 #1
nice spin, but price fixing is price fixing :) Vehl Apr 2012 #2
And Amazon wants to build they empire on the backs of authors and publishers. onehandle Apr 2012 #3
lol nice strawman! Vehl Apr 2012 #5
They made the same kind of deals with record companies when they introduced itunes. girl gone mad Apr 2012 #42
Amazon is leading Direct Publishing. joshcryer Apr 2012 #18
+1 Direct/Self Publishing is the future, and the Publishing houses dont like that Vehl Apr 2012 #28
"On the backs of authors and publishers.." -- you don't know many authors, do you? X_Digger Apr 2012 #20
+1, publishing is dying off, very quickly. joshcryer Apr 2012 #21
Exactly! nt Vehl Apr 2012 #29
Heh. 2ndAmForComputers Apr 2012 #24
Damn right it is.... truebrit71 Apr 2012 #14
A little more info from before the suit: The Straight Story Apr 2012 #13
illegal ebook downloads are just as prevalent as illegal mp3 downloads DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2012 #4
yep Vehl Apr 2012 #6
Why not sue Amazon? frazzled Apr 2012 #7
The issue is twofold Vehl Apr 2012 #8
Examples of your #1? emulatorloo Apr 2012 #9
A Game of Thrones Vehl Apr 2012 #27
I think the right price is somewhere in the middle rebecca_herman Apr 2012 #38
The right price 2ndAmForComputers Apr 2012 #53
Depends on the book/genre/type Spike89 Apr 2012 #61
Just read this Nation article on Amazon's bullying and illegal practices frazzled Apr 2012 #17
Nah, more profit couldn't have had anything to do with it. joshcryer Apr 2012 #19
Apple wasn't exactly offering generous terms. girl gone mad Apr 2012 #39
Yes they were. 100% price control for 30% revenue sharing. joshcryer Apr 2012 #51
Publishers went to Apple cos they wanted to keep their margins Vehl Apr 2012 #30
I wouldn't say they're obsolete rebecca_herman Apr 2012 #37
You can have your self-published vanity books frazzled Apr 2012 #49
Good quality should not be a barrier to the market place. joshcryer Apr 2012 #55
Yowza! And I thought Amazon prices (something 90% of paper versions) were bad! 2ndAmForComputers Apr 2012 #23
yep, check post 27 Vehl Apr 2012 #31
I have both a Kindle and a Kindle Fire ... spin Apr 2012 #10
I have an original Kindle and a Fire as well and follow basically the same policy.. truebrit71 Apr 2012 #15
How absurd rebecca_herman Apr 2012 #22
I have no problem with your calling e-books, "fake books" ... spin Apr 2012 #25
Again, how absurd to assume everyone would feel the same as you do rebecca_herman Apr 2012 #26
I Agree Vehl Apr 2012 #32
Yep, to each their own rebecca_herman Apr 2012 #33
If you have a pc, you can read almost all ebook formats Vehl Apr 2012 #34
yeah, I read free short story type books on my computer rebecca_herman Apr 2012 #36
This message was self-deleted by its author seaglass Apr 2012 #50
Where did I say that I have any problem with your reading dead tree books? spin Apr 2012 #43
it's the terminology you use rebecca_herman Apr 2012 #44
If you lived in north Florida where I do ... spin Apr 2012 #47
The other thing to consider with "dead tree books" kentauros Apr 2012 #45
You're like a walking advertisement. girl gone mad Apr 2012 #41
Digital readers are not conductive to long attention spans? ... spin Apr 2012 #46
It varies by person. However, going out over my students every bit of tech.... Pholus Apr 2012 #48
I think that is in part a human->computer assimilation. joshcryer Apr 2012 #59
+1 (Own a Kindle and a Nook myself) The Straight Story Apr 2012 #11
Great news. For a split second, I considered the Kindle ecstatic Apr 2012 #12
AAPL is toast on this and should have settled long ago taught_me_patience Apr 2012 #16
Thank you for posting this! kentauros Apr 2012 #35
Thank you! Good blog! joshcryer Apr 2012 #52
I just posted there, kentauros Apr 2012 #62
wow, DOJ is going after price collusion on E-books... ibegurpard Apr 2012 #40
The entire publishing industry needs to be occupied, imho. OneGrassRoot Apr 2012 #54
I think we'll have an OPDS + music + games + Bitcoin style setup in the future. joshcryer Apr 2012 #56
You're right. OneGrassRoot Apr 2012 #57
If you look at media we have iTunes (music), Netflix (video), Amazon (ebooks), Steam (videogames). joshcryer Apr 2012 #60
That's actually a pretty cool vision. :) OneGrassRoot Apr 2012 #63
As someone who prefers regular hand held books Xyzse Apr 2012 #58
An FYI for this thread: Publishers Weekly article OneGrassRoot Apr 2012 #64
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