Ameritopia: the unmaking of America, by Mark R. Levin. Another right-wing blowhard discourses on why the nation is under threat (from the left, surely). Kirkus puts it well in a succinct review: Ultimately, the book never rises above partisanship and is not likely to win any converts. It seems a stretch to claim that there is any movement currently afoot in the United States today that is even remotely comparable to the societal changes implemented in Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto. Simply invoking the words of Ronald Reagan might appease some, but it is hardly sufficient for constructing a convincing argument. A polemic for like-minded readers.
Amen. Preaching to the choir.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
DOJ sues over eBook pricing
A New York Times blog, Media Decoder, writes that the Justice Department has sued Apple, Inc. and three eBook publishers over pricing.
Three publishers that were investigated — Hachette Book Group, Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins — have agreed to a settlement, threatening to overturn a pricing model that allows publishers to set their own e-book prices. Macmillan and Penguin Group USA, which were also named in the suit, did not settle.
The lawsuit alleges that Apple and the publishers conspired to limit e-book price competition, causing “e-book consumers to pay tens of millions of dollars more for e-books than they otherwise would have paid.”
Three publishers that were investigated — Hachette Book Group, Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins — have agreed to a settlement, threatening to overturn a pricing model that allows publishers to set their own e-book prices. Macmillan and Penguin Group USA, which were also named in the suit, did not settle.
The lawsuit alleges that Apple and the publishers conspired to limit e-book price competition, causing “e-book consumers to pay tens of millions of dollars more for e-books than they otherwise would have paid.”
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