via BBC News
Apple and Amazon have ended a deal that tied them into an exclusive contract for the supply and sale of audio books.
The deal was signed before 2008 when Amazon bought audio book supplier Audible, which had the Apple iBooks contract.
Pressure from anti-trust regulators in Germany and the European Commission led to the deal being abandoned.
Competition in the audio book market should get a boost now the deal has ended, said regulators.
Read the full article on BBC news.
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I don’t buy audio books myself, but I have colleagues who do. I may research this a bit in order to gauge the near and long-term effects.
Thanks for sharing.
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I own about three audio books. They are a bit more costly than getting the paperback or electronic books, but they are good. This is pretty interesting so I’ll have to investigate more. Interesting, thanks!
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This is great. I use Audible. I wanted a larger variety of books dealing with how-to or self-help writing guides. I’m very happy they will be accepting books from other vendors.
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Let’s hope. I would think that it will be good for customers as well as authors because the field will be more competitive.
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This should be interesting. Hopefully that’ll increase the audio books audience in the digital era!
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