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Amazon Pushes Royalty Rates Up–And Prices Down–For Do-It-Yourself E-Book Publishers

in Media on January 20, 2010 at 5:50 am PT

Amazon is doubling the royalty rate it pays small e-book authors and publishers–if they promise to keep the prices of their digital texts below the price of physical books. The goals here are obvious: Push prices down and try to keep business away from a growing list of rivals.
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iTunes Lives to Sell Another 5 Billion Songs

in News on October 3, 2008 at 7:24 am PT

Not that it would ever have happened anyway, but Apple will not be shutting down the iTunes Store in protest over increased royalty rates paid to songwriters and publishers for CDs and digital music downloads.