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NACS sues three publishers over 'dual pricing;' Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press and Addison Wesley Longman named.(National Association of College Stores charges reduced discounts on large orders of books to be used as textbooks)(Brief Article)

Publishers Weekly

| July 28, 1997 | Mutter, John | (Hide copyright information)Copyright

After campaigning since December against "dual pricing"whereby publishers sell books to stores at different discounts depending on whether the titles are used in classes or not--the National Association of College Stores is suing three publishers: Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press and Addison Wesley Longman. The suit was filed last Wednesday in federal court in the southern district of New York; NACS's law firm is Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn, of Washington,D.C.

Three bookstores were named as co-plaintiffs: Bookcraft Inc., which does business as Beaver Bookstore, Bemidji, Minn.; Michigan College Book Co., which operates several college book …

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