![]() HarperCollins was the only major publisher house that partnered with MatchBook at its initial announcement, but titles from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Chronicle Books, Marvel and Wiley are also now available with the new service. The move follows a federal ruling that found Apple guilty of colluding with major publishers to raise e-book prices, limiting publishers’ pricing power and further empowering Amazon’s discount model in the e-book market. ( MORE: Amazon Rolls Out Kindle MatchBook: Buy a Paper Book, Get the Kindle Version Cheap or Free) The concept of bundling is nothing new, but the bold move by Amazon - which controls 60 percent of the e-book market- signals another blurring of lines in the publishing industry, which has largely kept separate physical books from their digital versions. Publishers and authors may end enrollment at any time, but the e-book must be 50 percent or less than the regular e-book price and no higher than $2.99. Self-published titles from Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) will also qualify. The program applies to new, unused purchases and launched with 70,000 titles, a marked improvement from the 10,000 books it was slated to offer in its pre-launch announcement made last month. ![]() Depending on the title, e-book pricing ranges from $2.99 to as little as 99 cents - and in some instances, free. ![]() Follow quietly launched Kindle MatchBook onTuesday, a service offering customers heavily discounted e-book versions of actual books purchased on the site dating back to its launch in 1995.
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