ON SPEC ADD TO EBOOK STORY
December 1st, 2011
BY ROBERT STOKES
The Commission action was welcomed in Spain by the Federación de Gremios de Editores de España (FGEE), the Spanish publishers association: "In whatever case, we would like the Commission to investigate positions of market dominance and abuses by certain operators," said Antonio María Ávila, FGEE's executive director. e-book sales in Spain were around Euro EUR70.5 million euros in 2010, only 2.4% of the market but 37.% higher than in 2009, while the number of digital titles available for sale last year reached 25,567, 141% up on ...
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