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Biliousness in business does no favours for investors
公開商業罵戰無益處


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In recent weeks we have seen an outbreak of bile in the business world. A disagreement between Amazon, the online retailer, and publishing conglomerate Hachette over the terms on which ebooks are sold has become a public slanging match. Amazon wants publishers to reduce most US ebook prices to $9.99 or less. Hachette refused so Amazon retaliated by charging more for some books, taking longer to dispatch them and removing buttons allowing forthcoming titles to be purchased before publication.

最近幾周我們在商界見識了一場壞脾氣的爆發。在線零售商亞馬遜(Amazon)和出版集團阿歇特(Hachette)在電子書銷售條款上的分歧已變成了一場公開罵戰。亞馬遜想讓出版商把大部分美國電子書的價錢降到9.99美元以下。阿歇特拒絕了,於是亞馬遜對其展開報復,包括抬高部分書籍的售價,延長派件時間,還刪除新書出版前的預購按鈕。

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