Publishers, Amazon ask court to dismiss ‘illogical’ e-book price-fixing suit

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Publishers, Amazon ask court to dismiss ‘illogical’ e-book price-fixing suit

Sep 20 2021

In separate filings late last week, lawyers for the Big Five publishers and Amazon asked a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit accusing them of a conspiracy to fix e-book prices.

In their September 17 filings, lawyers for Amazon and the Big Five publishers insist there is no evidence of any coordination or agreement among them to fix e-book prices or otherwise restrain competition. Perhaps more importantly, they argue, the alleged conspiracy—in which the five largest American trade publishers are alleged to have banded together to give Amazon monopoly power over e-books—fundamentally makes no sense.

Source: Publishers Weekly

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