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Simon & Schuster and Hachette are the latest two publishers to renegotiate their e-book prices with Amazon in the US as a result of a Department of Justice ruling.
The Digital Reader reported that Hachette titles on Amazon.com were between $1 and $4 cheaper on Friday (8th December) than previously and the titles no longer said "prices set by the publisher" on the Amazon site, with Barnes & Noble and Apple following suit.
Simon & Schuster has also confirmed it has made new agreements with e-book retailers. Adam Rothberg, senior vice president of corporate communications for Simon & Schuster, said: "We have entered new agreements with our e-book agents that are in compliance with DOJ settlement and we look forward to working with our retailers to expand the readership for our authors and grow the e-book marketplace."
Prices for S&S digital books are also several dollars cheaper than previously. Digital Book Wire reports that The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton was $12.99 on Amazon on Friday and then lowered to $9.99 on Saturday, for example.
Simon & Schuster is the third publisher to change its e-book prices after it settled a price-fixing allegation by the US Department of Justice, which asked publishers to sign new contracts with e-book retailers. HarperCollins renegotiated its contracts around three months ago.