The pricing of ebooks is to be investigated by the Office of Fair Trading after the watchdog received a number of complaints over the introduction of the agency pricing model which sees publishers set the final retail price of ebooks. The OFT says it will investigate "whether arrangements that certain publishers have … [Read more...]

Online retailer Amazon has claimed the sales of ebooks for its Kindle reader now exceed the number of paperback books sold via its Amazon.com website. According to trading statement issued by the company, for every 100 paperback books Amazon.com has sold the Company sold 115 Kindle books during the quarter ending … [Read more...]