Distributors that also act as agents for certain products for the same supplier

 European Commission, here. 

Flight Centre: Australian High Court finds agent competed with principal and breached cartel laws

J. Clarke, here. 

Abonnement illimité : après la médiation, l'Autorité de la concurrence...

ActuaLitté, ici. Voir également ici.
Avis de la médiatrice du livre (9/2/2015) ici. 

Appeals court says Apple is liable for e-book price fixing

ArsTechnica, here.

Five for Five – Amazon Inks Deal With Random Penguin

The-digital-reader, here. 

Les hôteliers retrouvent une totale liberté dans la fixation de leurs prix

Les Echos, ici.

A voir aussi UMIH, communiqué de presse, ici. 

Amazon and Penguin Random House said to be in dispute

TheGuardian.com, here. 

May 2015 Author Earnings Report: Amazon's ebook sales

Authorearnings.com, here. 

Amazon and Hachette kiss and make up

C. Doctorow,  here.

In Amazon/Hachette deal, ebook agency pricing is a winner

GigaOm, here.

Amazon and Hachette have finally resolved their bitter dispute

TheVerge, here. 

Agency 2.0: Competition Authorities Will Need to Think - Again

Agreements between Amazon and publishers are starting rolling out, see here and here. It is not very hard to predict that these agreements will come to be scrutinized quite closely by competition authorities on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond. While, it seems, conspiracy theories this time round could be safely ruled out, it would be high time to develop comprehensive assessment criteria with regard to vertical restraints triggered by, or in the context of, electronic platforms.  

Amazon closes a contract with one major book publisher (not that one, though)

Mhpbooks.com, here.  For more speculations see here and here.

Turning the Page on Business Formats for Digital Platforms: Does Apple's Agency Model Soften Competition?

Ø. Foros, H. Kind, G. Shaffer, here. 

Digitally binding

J. Poort,  I. Akker, N. van Eijk, B.van der Sloot, P. Rutten, here in English and here in Dutch.

The Agency and Wholesale Models in Electronic Content Markets

J. Johnson, here. 

What the ebook settlement means for publishers, Apple and you

PaidContent.org, here.

ABA Submits Comments to DOJ Re Agency Model

Bookweb.org, here. 

Refusal to dismiss the class plaintiffs’ antitrust claims against Apple and the e-book sellers

Southern District of New York (Cote, J.),  Electronic Books Antitrust Litigation, Case No. 11-MD-2293 (DLC), here.
Apple's "contentions misconstrue the nature of the agreement
described in the Complaint.  Regardless of the nature of the
specific terms of the vertical Agency Agreements when examined
in isolation, the CAC plausibly alleges a horizontal agreement
among the publishers, furthered by Apple, to raise the prices of
eBooks and eliminate retail competition.  A horizontal agreement
to fix or raise prices is per se unreasonable", p. 53.

As 17 more states join class action against book publishers and Apple, new details revealed

Paidcontent.com, here.