April 11th, 2012, 02:46 PM
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eschew obfuscation
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Originally Posted by AntimonyER
Apple. This price collusion thing really bothers me. Apple didn't want to have to build up from the ground level their ebook offerings, competing with the Kindle and Nook, so they got together with the publishers to jack the prices up for everyone, and locked the feature rich content to iOS only, so the Kindle and Nook COULDN'T compete. We all pay higher prices, and only get the accompanying boost in value if we get an iPad. Sick em, Mr. Holder.
US files suit against Apple, publishers over e-book price-fixing | Fox News |
Amen brother, and this isn't an Apple bashing thing either. Collusion and price fixing is bad for consumers.
I've actually taken to smashwords for most of my ebooks as there are mostly independent authors and a lot of free books to read. Before someone reports this as piracy, it is legit site, the books are self published and posted to the site by the authors. A friend of mine recently published a book and pointed me to the site.
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