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PRESS: Pearson Backtracks On E-Book Price Rise Plans - The Times

15th Dec 2015 06:53

LONDON (Alliance News) - Education company Pearson PLC has been forced to backtrack on plans to raise the price of e-books it sells to academic libraries following a revolt by university groups, The Times reported.

The company has entered into talks with Jisc, a not-for-profit agency which represents the Society of College and University Libraries and Research Libraries UK, over the plans it had tabled to increase the price of downloading e-books for students to share.

The libraries said Pearson had been planning to raise the price of the downloads by more than 100-times over.

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/industries/media/article4641005.ece

By Sam Unsted; [email protected]; @SamUAtAlliance

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