Hachette To Adopt Agency Model for eBook Pricing

In what is becoming an unanticipated ramification of the iPad unveiling, publishers this week are suddenly unafraid to confront Amazon over their eBook pricing grievances. Hachette is joining Macmillan and HarperCollins in opposing Amazon’s $9.99 pricepoint for eBooks. Yesterday, Hachette announced that it would adopt the agency pricing model for eBooks.

Here’s more from GalleyCat:

In an email to agents this evening, Hachette Book Group USA CEO David Young announced a shift to an agency model for eBook pricing.

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