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

[Mark Kohut]

He's probably right, although unknown consequences loom as always.
 
The "creative destruction" will start with bookstores (again), then authors----who
have been getting hammered in recent years already.
http://www.idealog.com/blog/
 
Check out Christian Science Monitor --and elsewhere---on Scott Turow's letter....
 
 
 
 

From: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
To: Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com> 
Cc: Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net>; pynchon-l at waste.org 
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 3:54 PM
Subject: Re: Justice Department Threatens Lawsuits, Alleging Collusion Over E-Book Pricing

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/9136889/Sir-Salman-Rushdie-attacks-US-investigation-into-ebook-selling.html

Sir Salman Rushdie claims an investigation into price fixing of ebook
sales by Apple and publishers will only result in destroying the
income of writers and further encourage the belief that consumers can
get everything for nothing.
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