Though this isn’t classroom technology related, it is education and technology related. This New York Times article is about the Educational Development Corporation would remove all its products from Amazon’s ‘shelves’ due to them being a “predator.” “Educational Development Corporation is a United States-based trade publisher of educational children's books produced in the United Kingdom by Usborne Publishing Limited (Usborne). The Company operates in two segments: Home Business Division (UBAM) and Publishing Division (Publishing). The UBAM division distributes books through independent consultants who hold book showings in individual homes, and through book fairs, direct sales and Internet sales. The UBAM Consultants also distribute these titles to school and public libraries. The Publishing division markets books to bookstores (including national chains), toy stores, specialty stores, museums and other retail outlets. It also owns the Kane/Miller Book Publishers” (source). In the article, it talks about how Amazon lowers the prices so much that the company they’re taking away from the actual funds of the company. Though EDC doesn’t sell e-books, they are noticing the substantial price cut with their physical books therefore they removed their 1,000+ books from the website to stop Amazon’s taking over of the company.
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