Lawyers for a potential class of e-book consumers have asked a federal judge to consolidate four cases alleging an e-book price-fixing conspiracy among Amazon and the Big Five publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
Bluebird has released Nikesh Shukla's debut memoir Brown Baby with a campaign featuring innovative Facebook adverts which are said to be a first for UK publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-02-08 03:25:47 UTC ]
US publishing's Big Five–Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster–have now been named as defendants in an amended class suit originally brought against Amazon alone for anti-competitive behaviour in relation to e-books in the US. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-02-07 12:47:23 UTC ]
The Minnesota senator is tackling antitrust issues with a new law and a new book: “We’ve got to look at everything when it comes to putting rules in for tech.” Antitrust may become Senator Amy Klobuchar’s signature issue, and if things go right, the pinnacle achievement of her years in Congress.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2021-02-05 00:00:32 UTC ]
A West Virginia news publisher has filed an antitrust suit against Google and Facebook, who dominate the online ad market Continue reading >> [ Source: ABC News | 2021-01-29 23:10:00 UTC ]
Call for inquiry into academic publishers as locked-down students unable to access study material onlineCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageLibrarians at UK universities say students’ reading lists for this term are being torn up because of publishers’ “eye-watering”... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-01-29 12:00:00 UTC ]
Welcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. If you're reading this online or in a forwarded email, here's the link to sign up for our Wake-Up Call newsletters.Cannes, contingent Cannes Lions announced its 2021 jury presidents—57% of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2021-01-22 11:00:00 UTC ]
On January 14, a prominent class-action law firm announced it was suing over alleged price-fixing in the e-book market—the second such suit in a decade. What should we make of the news? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
Arts Council England (ACE) is awarding £152,000 to help public libraries buy e-books and digital audio products after demand soared during the pandemic. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-21 11:35:36 UTC ]
The head of Facebook in Australia has urged the government to make changes to laws designed to force digital platforms to pay media companies for content. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2021-01-20 18:52:54 UTC ]
Amazon is being sued for anti-competitive behaviour in the United States by the same law firm that successfully sued Apple and five major publishers for colluding to fix e-book prices in 2011. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-17 12:13:54 UTC ]
Class action lawsuit filed in US claims the houses have colluded with the online giant to keep prices artificially highAmazon.com and the “Big Five” publishers – Penguin Random House, Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan and Simon & Schuster – have been accused of colluding to fix ebook... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-01-15 13:04:33 UTC ]
The law firm that successfully sued Apple and five major publishers for colluding to fix e-book prices in 2011 has filed a class action against Amazon, accusing the company of colluding with the Big Five publishers to eliminate price competition from the e-book market. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
Bestselling author Jeffrey Archer has moved houses. After publishing with Macmillan's St. Martin's Press imprint, Archer has struck a three-book agreement with HarperCollins. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
BookLife Elite will offer public libraries access to a curated collection of unlimited, simultaneous-use indie e-books, meaning library readers can access the books instantly—no holds lists. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
Sourcebooks has donated $200,000 to organizations championed by the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The one-time donations came from profits on sales of the 2021 'The Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Wall Calendar.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-12 05:00:00 UTC ]
Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham, co-authors of visual anthology Black Futures, will become the first-ever guest curators of the Lift Black Voices section in its flagship mobile applications. Starting Monday and lasting for three weeks, they will personally select collections of dialogues, essays... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2021-01-11 18:55:42 UTC ]
If you, like me, could really use some nice library-oriented news right about now, you’re in luck. Perhaps unsurprisingly, given the impossibility of going to physical libraries for much of the year, readers borrowed record numbers of ebooks, audiobooks, and digital magazines from public... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-01-07 15:34:02 UTC ]
Take the time to spring clean your digital book clutter by tidying up your Kindle cloud, Goodreads shelves, and TBR with these tips. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-12-24 11:32:00 UTC ]
Duckworth imprint Farrago has this week launched its own online shop for e-book readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-12-21 13:25:47 UTC ]