Stephen King, Douglas Preston and other American writers are asking the US Department of Justice to recognize Amazon as a monopolist
A group of American authors are asking the US Department of Justice to investigate Amazon’s activities and recognize it as a monopolist in the book publishing market, Vedomosti reports. 575 writers subscribed to Amazon.com .
The authors sent an appeal to the US Department of Justice. In it, the writers accuse Amazon of limiting sales of books on the site and blocking them, redirecting buyers from books of some publishers to the books it has published and dumping prices. The authors say that Amazon has “unprecedented power” in the market. The company controls 40% of the book market and two thirds of the e-book market in the United States.
The writers formed the Authors United Group after the Amazon conflict with the publisher Hachette Book Group. The company broke off negotiations with the publisher on pricing, removed the buttons for pre-ordering the books of the publisher from the website and partially canceled the delivery.
The Authors United Group includes screenwriter, actor, producer and director Stephen King, who produced dozens of films and TV series based on his works, Douglas Preston, author of seventeen technotrillers and horrors, writer and lawyer Scott Turou, who has made books “Presumption of Innocence” and "Innocent".
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In June 2015, the European Commission launched an investigation into the business of Amazon e-books. European Commission experts believe that Amazon’s contracts with publishers contain provisions that may protect the company from competition from other e-book distributors. The Commissioner for Competition Policy of the European Commission: “Amazon has developed a successful business that offers consumers a full range of services, including for e-books. My responsibility is to ensure that Amazon’s publisher mechanisms do not harm consumers by preventing effective competition from other e-book distributors with Amazon. ”
In 2013, Apple was faced with allegations of price collusion with publishers to raise prices for e-books, the company had to give four hundred and fifty million dollars to settle the case in court. Apple's contracts with publishers have freed the company from the need for price competition.
The authors sent an appeal to the US Department of Justice. In it, the writers accuse Amazon of limiting sales of books on the site and blocking them, redirecting buyers from books of some publishers to the books it has published and dumping prices. The authors say that Amazon has “unprecedented power” in the market. The company controls 40% of the book market and two thirds of the e-book market in the United States.
The writers formed the Authors United Group after the Amazon conflict with the publisher Hachette Book Group. The company broke off negotiations with the publisher on pricing, removed the buttons for pre-ordering the books of the publisher from the website and partially canceled the delivery.
The Authors United Group includes screenwriter, actor, producer and director Stephen King, who produced dozens of films and TV series based on his works, Douglas Preston, author of seventeen technotrillers and horrors, writer and lawyer Scott Turou, who has made books “Presumption of Innocence” and "Innocent".
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In June 2015, the European Commission launched an investigation into the business of Amazon e-books. European Commission experts believe that Amazon’s contracts with publishers contain provisions that may protect the company from competition from other e-book distributors. The Commissioner for Competition Policy of the European Commission: “Amazon has developed a successful business that offers consumers a full range of services, including for e-books. My responsibility is to ensure that Amazon’s publisher mechanisms do not harm consumers by preventing effective competition from other e-book distributors with Amazon. ”
In 2013, Apple was faced with allegations of price collusion with publishers to raise prices for e-books, the company had to give four hundred and fifty million dollars to settle the case in court. Apple's contracts with publishers have freed the company from the need for price competition.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/293862/
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