In another bit of clean-up, yesterday’s Reuters report–which simply reaffirmed that the mid-September offer from Apple, Hachette, Harper, Macmillan and Simon & Schuster to settle the European Commission investigation into the introduction of agency ebook pricing on terms very similar to the Department of Justice settlement in the US is likely to be approved–has added to the misunderstanding rather than clarified it. Reuters declares “that decision would hand online retailer Amazon a victory in its attempt to sell e-books cheaper than rivals,” which is echoed and expanded on in other press accounts. What’s missing is the understanding and acknowledgement that […]
