Jan 20, 2017
Amazon and Apple end exclusive deal on audio books
The deal was signed before 2008 when Amazon bought audio book supplier Audible, which had the Apple iBooks contract. Competition in the audio book market should get a boost now the deal has ended, said regulators. The terms of the agreement meant Audible could not offer audio books to any other company and Apple had to take audio books only from Audible. In Germany, said the publishers, more than 90% of all downloads of audio books were done via the Apple iTunes store or through the Amazon and Audible websites. With the deal abandoned, Audible will now be able to supply firms other than Apple with audio books.
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