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The newspaper industry is struggling to hold onto its audience, and e-readers such as the Kindle may not help, according to a new study.

Apple wanted publishers to discount best sellers, so its $12.99-to-$14.99 range is merely a ceiling, according to people familiar with talks with publishers.

Apple and publishers accused of anti-competitive pricing practices.

The digital age may end the free advertising that publishers got from readers of their books in printed form.

Interesting article. I don't really agree with this statement: Maybe too much, said Michael Norris, a senior analyst for Simba Information. "I don't think that the U.S. market can support 50 or 60 e-readers," he said, adding that he had lost count of all the current models. The market can support it; it gives people more options, but it'll just turn into a matter of what device addresses/achieves all of the needs of the consumer. Like the model Arnie went over in class, it's like a bell curve of technological advances that we want/would like, slowly get, but that eventually ends up swamping us. We start out wanting a and b, then c, d, and e are added, which we like. By the time it hits m, n, o, and p, we're overwhelmed.

In a strongly worded message, Amazon said that while it disagreed with Macmillan's stance, it would accept the publisher's plan on e-book prices.