WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department on Wednesday sued Apple Inc. and five major book publishers for allegedly colluding to fix ebook prices. 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 ]
The future of the agency model looks uncertain this evening (11th April) after three giant US... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The US accuses Apple and Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Simon and Schuster and Penguin of colluding over the prices of ebooks they sell. This lawsuit is over the firms' move to the agency model where publishers rather than sellers set price ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 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 ]
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 U.S. filed an antitrust lawsuit Wednesday against Apple Inc. and five of the nation's largest publishers, alleging they conspired to limit competition for the pricing of ebooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Society of Chief Librarians (SCL) is to have meetings with individual publishers over e-... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-book price fixing will cost consumers more than US$200 million this year, and U.S. antitrust authorities should take action against Apple and a group of... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2012-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Yahoo files papers outlining ways of scattering adverts through digital books based on what is being read. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2012-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two new reports released in the past 10 days document the ebook market’s rapid growth in the U.S. and the U.K., and suggest that a significant global spike is close at hand. Among the major takeaways from the “Bowker Market Research Global eBook Monitor” or GeM, study, ebooks are beginning to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Are you ready for a bombshell? Turns out people who read ebooks read more books than those don't. That tidbit comes from the number crunchers at Pew. According to a new report titled "The Rise of E-Reading," the ebook readers read an average of 24 books in the past year, versus the 15 books read... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Talks to resolve U.S. and European price-fixing probes into ebooks are heating up, with three international publishers inclined to settle the matter, according to people familiar with the matter. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
A study by the Pew Internet Project finds that consumers who use e-readers are buying more books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
One in five Americans say they've read an ebook in the last year, according to a new poll from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project. Those numbers come from a late January survey, they're up sharply from a December 2011 survey. Pew says the jump coincides with a jump in... Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
One in five American adults read an electronic book in the last year, as gift-giving sped the shift away from the printed page, a Pew Research Center survey showed on Wednesday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The European and US investigation into ebook pricing may be approaching resolution, say US press... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
$1.5 million worth of Harry Potter books sold in Pottermore's first three days online. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-books are catching on quickly, with more than one in five U.S. adults having read an electronic book in the last year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Justice Department is nearing a settlement with publishers over allegations of ebook pricing, but finalizing the deal is proving problematic as Apple and two publishers are balking at the terms of the deal. Amazon will be permitted to once again discount ebooks to its customers as a result.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]