Do Publishers Have the Upper Hand?

Isaac Fitzgerald bio ↓  ·  February 9th, 2010  ·  filed under books

“With the impending arrival of digital books on the Apple iPad and feverish negotiations with Amazon.com over e-book prices, publishers have managed to take some control — at least temporarily — of how much consumers pay for their content.”

The New York Times asks, “Could book publishers suddenly be in the position of telling Google what to do?”

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Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and been given a sword by a king, thereby accomplishing three out of five of his childhood goals by the age of 25. He has also written for AlterNet, McSweeney's, and Mother Jones. He is the managing editor of The Rumpus. Follow him on Twitter. More from this author →

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