[Irtalk] Developers Of Chrome Extension That Finds Cheaper Textbook Prices Receive Legal Threats From Major Textbook Supplier | Techdirt

[Hilton Gibson]

So, when someone comes along and threatens this business model, publishers
are swift to react. Offensive efforts -- like locking schools into yearly
purchases for instructors' versions and acting as "partners" in campus
bookstores -- have mitigated most of the damage caused by outside forces
like Amazon and used book retailers.

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150103/10533729588/developers-chrome-extension-that-finds-cheaper-textbook-prices-receives-legal-threats-major-textbook-supplier.shtml
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