Justice Department Threatens Lawsuits, Alleging Collusion Over E-Book Pricing

[Paul Mackin]

On 3/10/2012 9:43 AM, TOMAS LAJOUS wrote:
> They're working on the next version, the Kindle 451.


Apparently print book publishing has SOME life left in. Some 
rediscovered porno is described in the morning Times in blockbuster terms:

"On Monday, the publisher will release new e-book editions of the 
trilogy. Weeks later will come a 750,000-copy print run of redesigned 
paperback editions."

.nytimes.com/2012/03/10/business/media/an-erotic-novel-50-shades-of-grey-goes-viral-with-women.html?_r=1&ref=arts

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> On Mar 10, 2012, at 8:29 AM, Mark Kohut<markekohut at yahoo.com>  wrote:
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>> Thou wouldst as soon go kindle fire with snow
>> As seek to quench the fire of love with words.
>>                                    ---Merry Wives of Windsor.
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>> From: Paul Mackin<mackin.paul at verizon.net>
>> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>> Sent: Friday, March 9, 2012 5:08 PM
>> Subject: Re: Justice Department Threatens Lawsuits, Alleging Collusion Over E-Book Pricing
>>
>> On 3/9/2012 4:14 PM, Erik T. Burns wrote:
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>>> Yes, well, it alterately amuses&   worries me that the Amazon device is named for a firestarter.
>>
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>> Amazon is obsessed with book burning. The newest gadget isn't just a
>> Kindle, it's a Kindle Fire.
>>
>> But i'm a pushover for all such things. My newest is officially
>> designated Paul's 3rd Kindle. It's all so comfy here in the Amazon family.
>>
>> P
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>>> On Mar 9, 2012, at 8:42 PM, Paul Mackin<mackin.paul at verizon.net>   wrote:
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>>>> On 3/9/2012 3:14 PM, Dave Monroe wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Paul Mackin<mackin.paul at verizon.net>   wrote:
>>>>> .
>>>>>> But seriously, yes, catastrophe could strike. The successive fires to the
>>>>>> Great Library  made the Dark Ages darker.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But never send to know for whom the clock is ticking; it ticks for digital
>>>>>> and printed books alike.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAxARJyaTEA
>>>>>
>>>> Good one, Dave.
>>>>
>>>> P
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