PRICE CONTROL AND THE PUBLISHER.
The article looks at the history of the publishing industry in the U.S., focusing on the industry's business model and on retail price controls. It discusses three episodes it says have had a major impact: the American Net Book Agreement, a retail price agreement struck down by the U.S. Supreme Cour...
| Published in: | Sewanee Review Vol. 123; no. 2; pp. 272 - 280 |
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University of the South
Spring2015
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| Summary: | The article looks at the history of the publishing industry in the U.S., focusing on the industry's business model and on retail price controls. It discusses three episodes it says have had a major impact: the American Net Book Agreement, a retail price agreement struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1913, the introduction of book clubs in the 1920s, and the success of paperback book publishing beginning in 1939. Topics include recent litigation over electronic book (e-book) prices. |
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