Overdrive reported last week in an email to libraries that ebooks provided by publisher Hachette were going to increase by 220% this October. This is going to dramatically increase the costs for libraries to stock the ebooks in their catalogs. Overdrive reached out to Good e-Reader today to clarify that the 220% increase was an error, and instead it is only 104% (or 2.04 times) … [Read more...] about Overdrive Clarifies New Hachette eBook Increase Is Only 104%
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Amazon and Barnes and Noble Lowering eBook Prices
Many big name publishers had their settlement approved by the Justice Department case against price fixing. The agency pricing that allowed publishers to set the price on ebooks is gone and we enter a new age of discounted digital content. Today B&N and Amazon are reducing prices on ebooks as new contract negotiations are currently underway. eBooks by Hachette and … [Read more...] about Amazon and Barnes and Noble Lowering eBook Prices