The U.S. filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple Inc., Hachette SA, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster in New York district court, claiming collusion over eBook pricing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
In December 2010 I asked: "Is someone fixing ebook prices?" Google's digital bookstore opened for business, and I started comparing prices only to find them fairly consistent across all retailers. I expected to see huge variances, not pricing consistency, which shouldn't be in a competitive... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jonny Wilkinson's autobiography has been shortlisted three times for this year's British... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google has told UK bookshops that it is shutting its reseller programme, and has invited the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
WASHINGTON -- Former Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs and top executives at five major book publishers illegally conspired to raise the prices of ebooks, costing consumers tens of millions of dollars, federal and state officials alleged in antitrust suits filed Wednesday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple competes ferociously with Amazon. But federal prosecutors say Cupertino considered a different strategy, where Apple would rule music and movies, and Amazon would rule ebooks. Really? Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mantle publisher Maria Rejt has acquired the new novel from Orange-shortlisted novelist and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Adam Mansbach's 'Go the F— to Sleep' was fun for adults. 'Seriously, Just Go to Sleep' lets the kids in on the joke. And now he has projects to keep him awake.A year ago, Adam Mansbach was an award-winning novelist and aspiring screenwriter wrapping up a two-year teaching job at Rutgers... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
WASHINGTON -- Antitrust officials are expected to announce Wednesday that they are filing suit against Apple Inc. and five major book publishers for allegedly colluding to fix the price of ebooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Justice Department has formally decided to sue Apple, Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillian, Penguin and Simon & Schuster over alleged ebook price-rigging. Apple and Macmillian have already denied any wrongdoing, saying that the agreements were enhancing competition in an industry... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The British Retail Consortium's (BRC) sales monitor for March has revealed "some... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette, Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins have settled with the US Department of Justice... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Interactive Advertising Bureau is addressing a problem that's plagued tech-centric industries since the first Mac-vs.-Dos argument: standardization. The problem has become acute for Web video, an industry enjoying meteoric growth, and the growing pains that come with that growth. So the IAB... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hearst Magazines UK has launched a quarterly magazine called Good Ideas, aimed at 35- to 50-year-old women. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Figment is a website that gives teenagers and young adults a forum for posting their work and giving advice to others. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Little, Brown has acquired a novel set in 1850 aboard a ship bound for the Arctic, written by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Department of Justice may file a suit against Apple today over ebook price-fixing complaints, according to reports from Reuters and Bloomberg. The DOJ has been probing antitrust complaints regarding Apple's 2010 pacts with book publishers; several of the biggest publishers are preparing to... Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Harry Potter theme park in Orlando, Fla., more than lived up to its hype for this fan. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple and five book publishers for alleged ebook price fixing the Wall Street Journal... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Department of Justice is accusing the companies of colluding to raise ebook prices by using the 'agency' model of ebook pricing. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]