HarperCollins Publishers India is delighted to announce Kamala Harris: Phenomenal Woman by Chidanand Rajghatta ANI | Updated: Jan 20, 2021 18:35 IST
New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI/PRNewswire): HarperCollins Publishers India is thrilled to announce a new and definitive biography of Kamala Harris - who will be sworn in today as the Vice President of the United States of America - by renowned journalist and writer Chidanand Rajghatta.
A story of love and resilience within a narrative that has increasingly become one of division and hate. This is a story of immigration and immigrants and the Indian diaspora s growing clout in the USA. This is the story of a woman of mixed race, who still rises. This is the story of Kamala.
A new lawsuit alleges that Amazon has a deal with five book publishers that has created higher prices on e-books, which in turn prevents other sellers from offering the e-books at lower prices.
Amazon sued for fixing price of e-books ANI | Updated: Jan 17, 2021 23:38 IST
Washington [US], January 17 (ANI): Amazon, an American multinational technology company that focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence, is facing a new lawsuit alleging that a deal between the company and five major US book publishers has created higher prices on e-books.
According to The Verge, the lawsuit filed by law firm Hagens Berman in a federal district court in New York, alleges that the publishers pay high commissions and other costs to Amazon, which in turn increases the retail price of e-books sold on the platform.
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.