Amazon cornered ahead of iPad launch
China Daily | Updated: 2010-04-02 07:29
Amazon.com is letting two more major publishers raise prices of electronic books for Kindle readers in deals struck just days before Apple releases rival iPad computer tablets, the Wall Street Journal reported recently.
The agreements with Simon & Schuster and Harper-Collins break from Amazon's practice of holding the price of popular new titles down to $9.99 each, according to the newspaper.
Prices for Kindle e-books can now be set at $12.99 or $14.99 in deals similar to those that Apple has with publishers providing digital works for iPad devices that make their United States debut on Saturday.
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