A week after Amazon rejected a settlement over in-app purchases, the FTC has filed suit against Amazon for allegedly letting children run up bills without parental approval. In a complaint, it asks a court to make Amazon refund users who were billed a total of millions of dollars in unauthorized charges, and for the company to […]

For months, authors have complained about being caught in the middle of a very public spat between Amazon, the worlds largest bookseller, and publisher Hachette. Amazon has aggressively worked to secure better contract terms with the publisher, and in the process has turned to controversial negotiation tactics like halting pre-orders for upcoming Hachette books, cutting down on […]