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Amazon Says Strikes Deal With Simon & Schuster on Ebook Prices

Amazon Says Strikes Deal With Simon & Schuster on Ebook Prices

By Reuters | Updated: 21 October 2014 09:35 IST

Online book retailer Amazon.com Inc said on Monday it has signed a multiyear deal with Simon & Schuster Inc, the second Big-Five book publisher, on the future price of ebooks.

Amazon, which had been in talks with Simon & Schuster since July over pricing, confirmed the deal first reported by the Business Insider news blog that the two had reached an agreement.

Amazon had been locked in a months-long standoff with publisher Hachette Book Group, the fourth-largest U.S. book publisher owned by France's Lagardere LAGA.PA, over digital book pricing. That has led to numerous issues for authors.

Industry experts had expected other publishers eventually to be drawn into negotiations as well, as the Internet retailer tries to set new benchmarks for the ebook market.

Negotiations with Simon & Schuster took about three weeks and closed two months before Amazon's contract expired, according to Business Insider.

Simon & Schuster made its original offer and an agreement was reached after a few changes by Amazon, the source told Business Insider.

© Thomson Reuters 2014

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