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Perseus Books
The Battle with Monopsony: Amazon v. Books
by, Jill Swenson
June 27, 2014
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There is a war raging in book publishing. Amazon v. Authors, Books, Bookstores, Publishers, and Readers. There has been a long buildup to this conflict. It’s recently heated up over the pricing of ebooks with Hatchette. To bring in reinforcements, Hachette announced a three way deal. It intends to purchase Perseus Books and sell off distribution services to Ingram. Germany launches an investigation of Amazon… [Read More]

Filed Under: Amazon, Hatchette, Ingram, monopsony, Perseus Books, self-publishing
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