Latest Chapter in the E-Books Battle

E-BOOKS -- April 12, 2012 at 6:09 PM EDT

Latest Chapter in the E-Books Battle

Why are Amazon, Apple and several major publishers locked in a bitter fight over the pricing of electronic books? In the wake of a major price-fixing suit from the Department of Justice, Andrew Albanese of Publishers Weekly spoke with Jeffrey Brown about the rise of the ebook as a publishing phenomenon and the financial stakes for the industry.

On Thursday's NewsHour broadcast, Jeffrey Brown gets more on this subject from Becky Anderson, president of the American Booksellers Association and a co-owner of three independent bookstores in the Chicago area, plus Steve Berman, a Seattle-based lawyer who's leading a separate class-action suit Against apple and the same group of publishers for their e-book pricing model.

Beginning October 24, 2012, PBS NewsHour will allow open commenting for all registered users. We hope that the elimination of our moderation process will enable a more organic discussion amongst you, our audience. However, if a commenter violates our terms of use or abuses the commenting forum, their comment will be removed. We reserve the right to remove posts that do not follow these basic guidelines: comments must be relevant to the topic of the post; may not include profanity, personal attacks or hate speech; may not promote a business or raise money; may not be spam. Anything you post should be your own work. The PBS NewsHour reserves the right to read on the air and/or publish on its website or in any medium now known or unknown the comments or emails that we receive. By submitting comments, you agree to the PBS Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, which include more details.