Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 13 at 9:40 am PT
Customers, yes, but Apple and the book-publishing industry — not so much.
John Paczkowski in Media on April 12 at 12:55 pm PT
Alleged collusion aside, the publishing industry’s agency pricing model may actually protect the long-term interests of everyone in the e-book value chain.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 12 at 5:00 am PT
First, Amazon Prime offered free two-day shipping for $79. Then it started offering add-on services for no additional cost, like streaming videos and Kindle books. What’s next?
Peter Kafka in Media on April 11 at 8:49 am PT
Apple competes ferociously with Amazon. But the feds say Cupertino considered a different strategy, where Apple would rule music and movies, and Amazon would rule e-books. Really?
Voices
Thomas Catan, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on March 25 at 10:09 pm PT
The Justice Department’s top antitrust official says she won’t stand by quietly if companies make agreements with rivals on price, signaling a stern stance as the department conducts a high-profile probe into electronic-book publishing.
Thomas Catan and Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg in News on March 7 at 9:07 pm PT
The Justice Department has warned Apple Inc. and five of the biggest U.S. publishers that it plans to sue them for allegedly colluding to raise the price of electronic books, according to people familiar with the matter.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 27 at 11:40 am PT
Who is Amazon’s biggest competitor? It may be a Japanese-based company you’ve never heard of.
Voices
Nitrozac and Snaggy in Voices on January 25 at 3:47 pm PT
Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 20 at 12:22 pm PT
The average checkout size is shrinking, even though more people spent more money online. Why? Here are three reasons.
