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Big increases in e-book prices seem like a bad deal for consumers. They may be necessary, however, to keep authors and publishers in business as e-books replace paper ones.
Kindle Books in Snack Sizes (New York Times)
FT Press is selling stripped-down, 1,000- to 2,000-word versions of books, for $1.99, and a new series of essays of about 5,000 words, for $2.99.
Major Publishers to Hike Prices of Electronic Books (HispanicBusiness.com)
Los Angeles (dpa) - Three of the largest U.S. book publishers are to hike the prices of their electronic books after the introduction of Apple's iPad tablet computer forced Amazon to abandon its one-price- fits-all policy, Information Week reported Monday.
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