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[BONUS] - The iBooks Conspiracy

Failure To Launch: A Fluid Podcast

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If you go to buy an ebook today, in fact, if you go to Amazon's top 100 books right now, you'll be greeted by a range of books with prices that vary as much as the titles themselves. But this wasn't always the case.Sources:https://www.computerworld.com/article/2759964/how-amazon-will-win--and-lose--the-ebook-market.htmlhttps://web.stanford.edu/class/ee204/Publications/Apple-and-the-eBook-reader.pdfhttps://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/technology/companies/01amazonweb.htmlhttps://www.businessinsider.com/how-steve-jobs-and-apple-fixed-ebook-prices-2013-7https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/07/apple-450-million-settlement-e-book-price-fixing-supreme-courthttps://www.leagle.com/decision/infdco20130711c57https://www.futuremarketinsights.com/reports/global-eBook-market#:~:text=eBook%20Market%20Outlook%20(2022%20to,US%24%2032.19%20Billion%20by%202032.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2011-02-22/barnes-noble-falls-after-dividend-halt-same-store-sales-rise Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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