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 ]
The Department of Justice is accusing the companies of colluding to raise ebook prices by using the 'agency' model of ebook pricing. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The U.S. filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple Inc., Hachette SA, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster in New York district court, claiming collusion over eBook pricing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-04-11 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 ]
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 ]
Authors Guild President Scott Turow charges in an open letter about ebook pricing: “Our government may be on the verge of killing real competition in order to save the appearance of competition.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers are continuing to experiment with ebook pricing, as sales and marketing teams balance... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The five publishers being investigated over ebook pricing could face fines of many millions of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 01/03/2011 - 09:53 Random House UK has said it will continue to evaluate options for ebook pricing but will not follow its US business in adopting the agency model. A statement from Random House US issued overnight said agency would... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams and Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Fri, 04/02/2011 - 12:19 The transition to the agency model could be halted as publishers outside of the new terms could wait as much as a year for an Office of Fair Trading investigation into ebook pricing to be completed. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]