Amazon Faces German Booksellers’ Antitrust Complaint on E-Books
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Amazon.com Inc., the world’s largest online retailer, faces a complaint filed at Germany’s antitrust regulator claiming it’s unfairly wielding its market power against publishers.
The Boersenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, the country’s association of booksellers, asked the Federal Cartel Office to probe Amazon’s negotiation practices when buying rights for e-books. Since March, Amazon has delayed deliveries of Bonnier Media’s physical books to force it to accept lower prices, the association said in an e-mailed statement today.