Amazon is accused of fixing the price of e-books sold on the e-commerce site through anticompetitive agreements with the nation’s top five publishers, according to a complaint filed Thursday.
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Jan 13 (Reuters) - Connecticut is looking into how Amazon.com Inc sells and distributes digital books, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing the state’s attorney general.
The investigation is to examine whether the tech giant s dealings with certain publishers are anti-competitive, the WSJ report quoted Connecticut Attorney General William Tong as saying. (on.wsj.com/2XzKEGG)
Amazon did not immediately respond to Reuters request for a comment.
Reporting by Arundhati Sarkar in Bengaluru, Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips
Connecticut is actively investigating how Amazon.com Inc. sells and distributes digital books, according to the state’s attorney general, the latest of several state and federal probes into the tech giant’s business practices.
The investigation is examining whether Amazon engaged in anticompetitive behavior in the e-book business through its agreements with certain publishers, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said in a statement.
Connecticut asked Amazon to provide documents related to its dealings with five of the largest U.S. book publishers, according to a subpoena issued in 2019. The Tech Transparency Project, a nonprofit that investigates technology platforms, obtained the subpoena through an open records request and shared it with The Wall Street Journal.
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