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Publishers are also unhappy with the Supreme Court's decision. At Amazon headquarters, however, they're probably popping open the champagne.
For publishers, negotiating terms of sale with Amazon has always been difficult. But reports last week of Amazon’s hardball tactics with the Hachette Book Group suggest that this year’s negotiations could be among the most brutal yet.
After reading through the full 160-page opinion from U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in ruling against Apple in the ebook price fixing suit, Adam Engst attempts to answer the many questions raised by those who haven’t taken the time to absorb all of what Cote said.
"There is no such thing as a conspiracy by telepathy," Apple's attorney says.
Publishing CEO called Jobs' alleged admission of conspiracy "incredibly stupid."
Steve Jobs allegedly told publisher to "throw in with Apple" and raise prices.
Six days later, many books at Amazon, B&N, and Google are well below list price.
Another battle in the long war over who gets to set e-book prices.
According to a March 9 story in the Wall Street Journal , The U.S. Department of Justice is considering suing Apple and five large US publis...