Terms Of Amazon HarperCollins Contract

Means more readers for me.

Panzer was taking a leisurely trip around the Catosphere when he stopped in at the Slate site for a few kitty treats.

Our big bad kitty reporter told you on April 2 about the new Amazon Harpercollins contract. Well, he found a post by Alison Griswold about the terms of that new contract.

And ... readers may not be happy about those terms.

The contract gives publishers the right to determine their own ebook prices.

Readers say price is Too High?

Amazon says, "This price was set by the publisher."

Panzer says, "Let me get this straight. Publishers can set the price however high they want. Let them. If readers don't want to pay hardcover prices for an ebook, they can buy my ebooks for ebook prices."

To read the full post, tootle over to Amazon and HarperCollins Contract

Panzer is still feeling a little under the weather, so he only made a short trip into the Catoshere today.

Google and Amazon? Who knew?

My poor sick kitty boy did a quick stop at the Slate site. He found a post by Alison Griswold about the competition between Google and Amazon.

Goggle and Amazon are competitors now?

In what?

In search engine competition and delivery competition.

Panzer says, "Did you know about either of these?"

To read the full post, tootle over to Google Amazon competition

Amazon Customer Billing Changes Coming To Germany

Where is my phone?

Panzer was over at the Slate site today. In a post by Alison Griswold he learned about Amazon's new plans for payments in Germany.

Plans are in the works to allow Amazon buyers to pay through Bango for their digital items (like ebooks) on their Telefonica Deutschland phone bills. The roll out of the new payment system is scheduled for next year.

Panzer says, "Don't be fooled. The beginning of the post is a review of Amazon's new ereaders and tablets. Just keep reading."

To read the whole post, tootle over to Amazon billing