Amazon Stock Falls In E-Book Dispute

American Voices • books • business • ISSUE 46•05 • Feb 3, 2010

After a dispute between Macmillan and Amazon over e-book pricing resulted in the retailer briefly removing all the publishing house's books from its website, shares of Amazon fell around 7 percent. What do you think?

“Macmillan's loss. I would have bought Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned for $9.99, but at $12.99, I'm going with NCIS and, for commercial breaks, an old copy of People.”
Becky Pross –
Bookkeeper
“Publishing house? I thought Stephen Coonts just typed all the books right into Amazon.”
Rob Wickline –
Systems Analyst
“And then what happened? I just can't get enough of this publishing industry intrigue.”
Larry Hall –
Veterinary Assistant

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