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		<title>Amazon threatens to ban two more publishers</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Morgan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Amazon is starting to look desperate in the war for content control against Apple. The online retailer has now reportedly threatened to pull content from two more publishers (the first was Macmillan) if they don&#8217;t agree to three year pricing contracts for ebooks. The contracts are designed to guarantee that consumers will get the lowest [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/training/mobiledevices/kindle/kindle.jpg" target="_blank"><img decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" class="photo_right_noborder" width="250" height="249" src="http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/training/mobiledevices/kindle/kindle.jpg" alt="Amazon Kindle with the New York Times." /></a>Amazon is starting to look desperate in the war for content control against <a href="https://www.gadgetteaser.com/category/apple">Apple</a>. The online retailer has now reportedly threatened to pull content from two more publishers (the first was <a href="https://www.gadgetteaser.com/tag/macmillan">Macmillan</a>) if they don&#8217;t agree to three year pricing contracts for ebooks. The contracts are designed to guarantee that consumers will get the lowest possible price on ereader content in Amazon&#8217;s Kindle store. It&#8217;s not anything new. In fact, Apple is trying to lock up the same deal. </p>
<p>The deal is undeniably bad for publishers, though. It gives them no flexibility for change as the market matures, which it certainly will over the next three years. The <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/technology/internet/18amazon.html?partner=rss&#038;emc=rss" target="_blank">New York Times article</a> didn&#8217;t say which two publishers were being threatened, but you can bet no one wants these kinds of contracts. The fact that Amazon is actually going forward with such aggressive measures says only one thing: this is the last resort. If there were other, more suitable alternatives for both parties you can bet Amazon would have explored them. It would garner a lot less press attention and make the company seem far less money hungry and desperate in the eyes of the consumer. </p>
<p>Source: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/technology/internet/18amazon.html?partner=rss&#038;emc=rss" target="_blank">New York Times</a></p>
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