J Kanter reports in today’s NYT that the European Commision is “investigating possible collusion between Apple and five large publishing houses…” re the pricing of e-books. This follows an American class action suit filed in August. It alleges that (with Apple) some publishers raised the cost of their e-books to stifle consumer interest in Kindles, and the lower price of e-books that open competition might bring about with Amazon’s discount rates.

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