Amazon furious after publishers undercut its book prices online

Courtesy Newsvine - business  Mon, 04/07/2008 - 07:03

An online price war between Amazon and some of the UK's largest publishers is expected. Penguin, Bloomsbury and other publishers are discounting books on their websites encouraging customers to buy direct from the publisher rather than use an online retailer.

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