Apple Inc. (AAPL) executive Eddy Cue told a judge he felt extra pressure to reach deals with ebook publishers in time for the introduction of the iPad in 2010 because of company cofounder Steve Jobs’s precarious health. “Steve ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The head of Apple's iBookstore says Apple has captured 20 percent of the U.S. ebook market. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2013-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Few people understand the magic of libraries better than Philip Pullman, author of His Dark Materials, but all is not well when it comes to digital lending. As the soon-to-be president of the Society of Authors, Pullman is leading the charge against publishing houses that may be shortchanging... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple may not have been quite as indifferent to publishers' deals with Amazon as it professes to be. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2013-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple director Keith Moerer said in court on Tuesday that the company holds about 20 percent of the US ebook market, double the size commonly assumed. The revelation came after the Department of Justice tried to bolster its price fixing case against the company by asserting that "Apple forgot to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new survey in Japan shows that Amazon's Kindle is leading the market for ebook sales, with Apple (launched in March) second, followed by Kinokuniya's Kinoppy, Sony's Reader Store and Kobo. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Macmillan CEO John Sargent, who testified this week at a trial over alleged price-fixing of ebooks, was no one's idea of a friendly witness. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2013-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Society of Authors has warned that authors may be losing out twice over on ebook loans, with... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Self-published titles make up 12% of all ebook sales, according to new findings from Bowker... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bestselling novel The Time Traveller's Wife is to be made available as an ebook for the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Straightforward, above-board dealings or clever obfuscation? Another one for the judge to decide. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2013-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
It turns out that Apple isn't the only major ebook retailer that demands "most favored nation" agreements from publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2013-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple enlisted the services of Winnie-the-Pooh in trying to show a court that it did not tinker with ebook prices when it opened its electronic bookstore in 2010, according to the Associated Press.Apple enlisted the services of Winnie-the-Pooh on Tuesday in trying to show a court that it did not... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
NEW YORK -- Apple and major publishers conspired in a scheme to fix prices on ebooks, costing consumers hundreds of millions of dollars, a U.S. Justice Department attorney argued during the first day of a marquee antitrust trial. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
A deal between Apple and publishers to set the price of ebooks cost customers "hundreds of millions of dollars", a government lawyer claims. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2013-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the last year, plenty of media and content companies have started publishing ebooks for the first time. In a panel at the Publishers Launch conference at Book Expo America on Wednesday, several of them discussed what they’ve learned from ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Surveying the ebook discussions at BookExpo America, it's clear that despite their popularity, ebooks still lack their own category of breakthrough storytelling experiences. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple cost readers hundreds of million of dollars by conspiring with five major publishers to fix prices, government says. Apple says the antitrust case is bizarre. NEW YORK — Apple Inc. and five major publishers conspired to fix prices on ebooks, costing consumers hundreds of millions of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tthe US Department of Justice's suit against Apple alleging ebook price-fixing goes to trial on June 3 in Manhattan. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple heads to a U.S. federal court Monday to face civil accusations that it conspired with five publishers to drive up the price of electronic books in the weeks leading up to the 2010 introduction of the iPad. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2013-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]