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Barnes & Noble cuts Nook prices -- Amazon follows with Kindle price slash

Barnes & Noble has been having some success recently selling their Nook e-reader. They’ve been promoting the device heavily in their stores and recently did a big push for Father’s Day. They’ve been pleased with the sales of the unit, though haven’t released any specific numbers sold. They even have an iPad app, which I [...]

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Amazon, Macmillan, and the "agency model"

The key component of the dust-up between Amazon and book publisher Macmillan (who has since been joined by Hachette Books and HarperCollins) is the pricing model used to sell electronic books. Amazon wants to set a fixed price with a fixed dollar amount going to the publishers. Publishers don’t like this because it cannibalizes their [...]

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