A judge has just ruled that Apple is guilty of conspiring to raise ebook prices. The federal antitrust suit against Apple over ebook pricing has come to a conclusion: The judge has decided that Apple conspired with five major book publishers to artificially push prices up. Apple denied the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple Inc., the world's biggest technology company, violated antitrust law by engaging in a scheme to fix the prices of electronic books, a federal judge ruled in a suit brought by the U.S. government.U.S. District Judge Denise Cote, who tried the case without a jury, ruled against Apple in a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2013-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
A federal judge ruled today that Apple Inc. conspired to raise prices on ebooks, ordering a trial to decide what damages that the tech giant should pay.In a 159-page decision, U.S. District Court Judge Denise Cote ruled that Apple conspired with a group of five publishers, starting in 2009, to... Continue reading >> [ Source: ABC News | 2013-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
NEW YORK -- Apple Inc. conspired to raise the prices of ebooks, a judge ruled Wednesday morning, after a trial in which the Department of Justice accused the technology giant of aggressively pressuring publishers to raise prices and weaken Amazon.com. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple conspired with publishers to fix the price of electronic books, a US judge rules, but the company says it will appeal against the decision. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2013-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
"I wouldn't expect to see a dramatic effect on consumer prices as a result of this ruling." Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2013-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
At the Tokyo International Book Fair the focus finally shifted away from devices to actual ebooks, but hype of their immediately transforming the business was toned down. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg is in South Korea officially to promote her book "Lean In." But sources told the Korea Herald that she was also taking the opportunity to lean on Samsung Vice President Shim Soo-ok to form a mobile partnership with the giant... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
For the next two weeks, you can snag four ebooks for whatever price you want with the second Humble ebook Bundle. As always, each contribution benefits whoever you prefer, be it the authors, charity, Humble itself or a combination of the three. If you want access to all six books, as per the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lynn Liedman wakes up every morning looking for the Minneapolis Star Tribune. She’s been a loyal subscriber for years, but it wasn’t until this summer that she really got hooked. She’s not reading for news. Inst ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
As far as media delivery goes, ebooks are pretty flat. You get the book and maybe some notes or background info from the publisher, and that's pretty much it. That's not good enough for Amazon. The company was just awarded a patent, which it originally applied for on November 24, 2010,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2013-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Russian ebook market more than doubled in 2012, to 250 million rubles (USD $8 million), but remains just 1% of market. Some 95% of ebooks downloaded are pirate editions. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
A question hangs over Apple Inc.'s ebooks trial: Why is Apple fighting the U.S. Department of Justice when the book publishers the agency also sued chose to settle? Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2013-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Read Legally public awareness campaign was launched to discourage Russians from downloading pirated ebooks, equating it with stealing from authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers, intellectual property owners, app and game developers, and other licensing executives are wrestling with how to monetize digital content and distribution, as well as how to use digital media to spur purchases of licensed books and products, synergize physical and digital to sell more... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The UK and Germany were the top overseas markets for US print books in 2012, while Europe led the UK in consumption of US ebooks, according to the AAP. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Preliminary results from a new survey say that Japan's ebook market is valued at 72.9 billion yen ($740 million), a 15.9% jump over 2011. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
The future of book publishing is increasingly digital -- and increasingly tilted towards genre fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2013-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Justice Department’s ebook price fixing trial – alleging that Apple conspired to raise ebook prices – is scheduled to end this week. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Judge Denise Cote seemed inclined to rule for the Department of Justice at the beginning of the trial, but her remarks as the case closed seemed to indicate a shift towards Apple's side. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]