Amazon's customers get credits from ebook antitrust settlement

Customers of Amazon.com Inc. found credits in their inboxes Tuesday from the settlement of an antitrust lawsuit over ebook prices. Amazon, in a Customer FAQ posting on its website, said the credits are partial refunds and will be applied automatically to the accounts of those eligible: people in the U.S. who bought a Kindle book published by Hachette, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Penguin or Macmillan between April 1, 2010, and May 21, 2012.  Those five publishers agreed to settle lawsuits… Continue reading at 'Silicon Valley Business Journal'

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2014-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Winnie-the-Pooh and Penguin take the stage in ebook trial

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 at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Seeing Through Digital Eyes At The Biggest Book Expo In The Country

Book Expo America, BEA, used to be the place to go to get your hands dirty with printer's ink--all the books were hot off the presses. Now the annual industry gathering at New York City's Javitz Center has been increasingly invaded by geeks. I'm one of these geeks, despite the fact that I've... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S to expand in Canada

Simon & Schuster is to expand its operations in Canada, establishing an editorial base... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S signs Venables

Simon & Schuster has signed the memoir of Terry Venables, former England, Chelsea, Tottenham... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S scoops deep South memoir

Simon & Schuster has acquired a coming-of-age memoir described as a blend of The Help and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In ebook case, Apple says publishers had already taken measures to counter Amazon

Concerned about Amazon.com's low pricing of ebooks, publishers had taken measures as early as 2009 such as "windowing," a practice of delaying ebook releases to benefit sales of hardcover editions, Apple said in a filing in an ebook price-fixing lawsuit.The U.S. Department of Justice in an... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2013-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S to chart Ferguson's departure

Simon & Schuster will next month release a new Manchester United title, Champions 20/13,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Profits rise at S&S in first quarter

Profits at Simon & Schuster have risen in the in the first quarter of 2013, despite a fall in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S wins Vinnie story

Simon & Schuster has bought UK and Commonwealth rights in the autobiography of actor and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S introduces refined agency model

Simon & Schuster is the latest publisher in the UK to introduce a refined agency model for e-... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nickell son to tell his story

Simon & Schuster has acquired the rights to a memoir by Alexander Hanscombe, the son of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S signs Everyday Sexism title

Simon & Schuster will publish a book based on The Everyday Sexism Project, a website that... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S brings author Faulkner to commuters

Simon & Schuster has partnered with CBS Outdoor to bring its author chef Lisa Faulkner’... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Distribution: S&S, Good Books Sign Agreement

Simon & Schuster has entered into an agreement with Good Books for the sales, distribution and fulfillment in the United States, Canada and open market of all of its frontlist and backlist titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ollard moves to S&S

Simon & Schuster has announced the appointment of Mark Ollard as finance director, beginning... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie booksellers in anti-trust dream over Kindle

In a legal motion that brings to mind Sancho Panza and Don Quixote, three independent bookstores, including tiny Posman Books in Grand Central, have filed a class action suit charging Amazon.com and the Big Six publishers with monopolizing the ebook market. The complaint asks that Amazon and the... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2013-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jim Gavin talks about the mix of fact and fiction in 'Middle Men'

The Southern California author's first story collection draws from his experiences in high school basketball, plumbing sales and more.There's a subtle arc to Jim Gavin's first book, "Middle Men" (Simon & Schuster: 224 pp., $23). Gathering seven stories largely set in Southern California, it... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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B&N 'dispute with Simon & Schuster US'

In the week that Foyles c.e.o. Sam Husain called for more support from publishers, US bookselling... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ether for Authors: Ebook Prices at Rock Bottom

Porter Anderson's weekly curation of the best Web postings for authors takes in the UK's growing consternation over 20p ebooks, Amazon's untrustworthy reviews and more. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S to publish Robson Green's 'Extreme Fishing'

Simon & Schuster is set to publish an “angling adventure full of drama” titled... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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