A federal appeals court Tuesday let stand a 2013 lower court ruling that concluded Apple conspired with several top book publishers to raise ebook prices. The Justice Department had accused Apple of unfairly taking control of a nascent market that had been dominated by Amazon.com. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2015-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple violated antitrust laws by colluding with publishers to raise electronic book prices when it entered a market in 2010 that had been dominated by Amazon.com, a divided federal appeals court... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2015-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
On the same day as Apple Inc.'s release of its much-anticipated Apple Music streaming service, a federal court upheld a ruling Tuesday that states the company illegally conspired with book publishers to drive up prices for ebooks to compete against Amazon.com Inc., USA TODAY reported. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2015-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
An appeals court upheld a lower-court ruling that Apple violated antitrust laws to upset Amazon's control of the ebook market. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
An appeals court ruled against Apple’s challenge of a lower court’s decision which found the company liable for illegally conspiring with ebook publishers to jack up prices. A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit voted 2 to 1 against Apple. Writing for the... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2015-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
A federal appeals court stood by a 2013 decision that found the tech giant guilty of fixing ebook prices with publishers.Apple's last-ditch attempt to avoid paying $450 million to ebook buyers was just quashed, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2015-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed Judge Denise Cote's 2013 finding that Apple orchestrated a scheme to fix the price of ebooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
A US federal appeals court upholds a ruling that Apple conspired with publishers fix the prices of electronic books. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2015-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple conspired with publishers to artificially raise the price of ebooks, the Second US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled today, upholding a verdict from 2013. Now that the company has lost its appeal, Apple is expected to pay $450 millio... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2015-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
On the same day that Apple Music launched, Apple received some bad news from the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. In a 2 to 1 vote, judges ruled that the company did conspire with publishers to inflate the prices of ebooks sold through iBookstore, agreeing with a 2013 ruling. The judges found... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2015-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new survey showed that Russian readers preferred printed books over eBooks by 49% to 9%, though 37% surveyed said “that they do not read books at all.” The post Russians Who Read Still Prefer Print Over Ebooks appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jordan's EkTab and Egypt's Kotobi are sell ebooks and print books online in the Middle East and Africa, where distribution poses a constant challenge. The post Ebookselling Innovation in the Arab World appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Digital Content Working Group co-chair Carolyn Anthony told members that ALA officials were "continuing to dialogue" with the Big Five publishers over ebook prices. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
After Facebook convinced publishers to go all-in on exclusive content with Instant Articles, it hopes advertisers will do the same. In a presentation at Cannes Lions this week, Facebook's chief product officer Chris Cox showed ad buyers mock-ups of a new mobile format that takes over a screen... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
On January 2, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced he would be challenging himself to read a new book every other week in 2015. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers are ready to ramp up content distribution on Facebook’s Instant Articles in the coming days, people familiar with the matter said, with some newsrooms preparing to post a few dozen stories a day. Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Statistics from the publishers association show that German ebook sales has stabilized, with prices dropping year over year, and print sales are up. The post German Ebook Sales Reaches 4.3% Of Overall Book Market appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Just as Spotify has done for music, the new pay-per-page system could change the way ebooks are published and authors paid. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
W.W. Norton & Company has announced that its entire catalog of trade and professional ebooks will be available to readers through lending libraries. The post W.W. Norton Offers Entire Ebook Catalog to Lending Libraries appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
'Star Wars' and 'Lord of the Rings' had a baby, it died badly, and this book is its reanimated remains. The post We Review a Self-Published E-Book About a Lady Clone War appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2015-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]