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NewsMacmillan will end e-book discounting ban in price-fixing settlement
The company that publishes books under the Macmillan imprint has agreed to allow discounting of its electronic books as part of a settlement with...
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NewsApple, ebook publishers look to settle EU antitrust dispute
Apple and four major ebook publishers have offered retailers such as Amazon.com the option to set their own prices for ebooks for the next two years...
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NewsJudge approves ebook price-fixing settlement
A judge has approved an ebook price-fixing settlement between the U.S. Department of Justice and three book publishers. Judge Denise Cote of the U.S....
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NewsEbook publishers reach US$69 million settlement, Apple holds out
Three book publishers will pay more than US$69 million to U.S. states to settle charges they collaborated to fix prices of e-books. Hachette Book...
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NewsUS DOJ calls for Steve Jobs to be heard in ebook case
Apple’s late CEO Steve Jobs may be heard by the jury in the US Department of Justice (DOJ)’s ebook publishing case against Apple. His biographer,...
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NewsGoogle settles litigation with French authors and publishers
Google has struck a deal with two French organizations representing authors and book publishers, ending years of litigation over its unauthorised...
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NewsApple denies colluding with publishers in price fixing case
Apple is continuing its defence in the class action lawsuit that accuses it of conspiring to raise ebook prices. In a response filed on 29 May in...
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News 1Apple pushes for trial to defend name in ebook price-fix scandal
Apple wants to go to trial to defend allegations of ebook price-fixing, the company’s lawyer told a US court on Wednesday. Apple is currently...
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BlogsWho is the real price-fixer?
In the mid-1990s, I ran across what looked like an incredible story: A teenager dubbed the Whiz Kid was selling a ton of computers from his parents’...
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NewsApple trying to save iBookstore
Apple’s refusal to enter an agreement with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) that forbids it from signing a deal that “restricts, limits...
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NewsApple ebook buyers to get compensation from publishers
Following the price-fix controversy involving Apple’s iBookstore and a handful of ebook publishers, companies Simon & Schuster, Hachette...
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NewsThree publishers settle ebook price-fixing suit
Within hours of an antitrust lawsuit being filed against several large U.S. tradebook publishers and Apple for fixing the prices on ebooks, three...
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News 1Ebook price fixing costs big bucks
Ebook price fixing will cost consumers more than US$200 million this year, and U.S. antitrust authorities should take action against Apple and a group...
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News 1Germany wants search engines, aggregators to pay publishers
The ruling German coalition has agreed to start work on a law that will require Google and other search engines as well as content aggregators to...
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NewsEU: Apple, publishers must address all e-book allegations
Apple, along with five e-book publishers, must address all of the European Commission’s antitrust concerns before a price-fixing investigation can...
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News 1Apple, publishers warned over collusion over e-book pricing
The U.S. Department of Justice has warned Apple and five U.S. book publishers that it is planning to file lawsuits against them for allegedly colluding...
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Features 5Getting to grips with iBooks 2
Last week’s iBooks 2 update delivered interactive textbooks to the iPad. These books incorporate video clips, moving diagrams, audio commentary...
