Court Hears Amazon, Publisher Motions to Toss Price Fixing Conspiracy Lawsuits - Publishers Weekly

Today's trip into  the Catosphere took Panzer to the Publishers Weekly site. There he found a post about the lawsuit against Amazon and the Big Five Publishers for price-fixing..

 
According to Andrew Albanese's post, Amazon and the publishers are asking to have the lawsuits tossed out. The lawsuit says publishers are trying to set up a monopoly for Amazon. Amazon and the publishers' attorneys say it's ridiculous to say publishers would want to set up a monopoly for Amazon. In a second lawsuit, bookstore owners say publishers and Amazon are in a conspiracy to price-fix books. Amazon and publishers' attorneys say there is no evidence to support the claim as Amazon has had absolutely no contact with publishers. There are links included in the post to other information about the lawsuits.

 

Did you know cats can chortle?

Panzer says, "This little kitty wonders why they would think publishers would want to help their biggest enemy become a monopoly."

 

Note: This is a long-medium length post. Bring a large glass of iced tea and some chocolate-covered cherries for today's reading. If you plan to follow the links in the post, you will need to decide what to bring to eat and drink.

 

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