While Apple and book publishers may find themselves on the precipice of an antitrust lawsuit from the Justice Department, filings in a concurrent civil class-action lawsuit obtained by BetaNews indicate that Apple has already admitted to two of the most damaging allegations in the case that the federal government is likely to include. According to reporting Thursday by the Wall Street Journal, at the heart of the case is the agreement struck with publishers which changed the way ebooks are sold to retailers. This in turn caused prices to increase dramatically, critics argue. Apple is also accused of further controlling… [Continue Reading] Continue reading at 'Betanews'
[ Betanews | 2012-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oyster, the ebook subscription service, has launched a new version of its app that is available for Android devices as well as Amazon Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble Nook tablets. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2014-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Plaintiff attorneys informed Judge Denise Cote on Monday that they had reached an agreement with Apple to settle monetary claims in the long-running ebook price-fixing case. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon is responsible for 78% for Hachette ebook sales in the UK, and 60% in the United States — which makes the company especially vulnerable. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The decision affirms that a person, organization or business should not have to risk prosecution to challenge the Constitutionality of a law with First Amendment implications. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, children & teens, and more for the week ended June 1, 2014. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google Play is soon to make ebooks available in 13 more countries around the world. The company... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Crime author Val McDermid has directly appealed to the government and police for ebook pirates... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US publisher will cut staff as 'cost-saving initiative' while row with Amazon continues to hamper ability to sell booksHachette, the multinational book publisher embroiled in a public spat with Amazon, announced that it will be laying off about 3% of its staff on Thursday."Today, we had to make... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, children & teens, and more for the week ended June 1, 2014. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As convenient as ebooks may be, lending them to friends is a headache; copyright woes notwithstanding, it's simply hard to show what you have on offer. Vodafone Romania just made things a bit easier, though. Its new Digital Library Wallpaper gives... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2014-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In his testimony, Wiley president and CEO Stephen Smith said Supreme Court’s 2013 ruling in Kirtsaeng has hobbled the publishers’ ability to sell textbooks abroad, and suggested a legislative fix. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Judge Denise Cote adopted a proposed schedule for Apple’s Damages trial, officially moving the trial from July 14 to August 25. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Consumer ebook market set to almost triple over next four years while PwC predicts sales of printed editions will fallThe ebook will overtake the paperback and hardback as Britons' preferred format for reading their favourite novels by 2018, according to a report. The UK consumer ebook market... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Under the new proposed schedule, the trial would now begin August 25 at the earliest. The move comes After Apple lost its emergency appeal to stay the proceedings last week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After posting another year of record losses and closing all of its e-reader stores outside of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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U.S attorneys argued that evidence of a price-fixing agreement was "overwhelming," and that Apple has identified "no sound reason" to reject Cote's finding. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dispute has also dragged in authors including JK Rowling and James PattersonIt is another mystery for inspector Rebus to solve. Why is Amazon UK selling Saints of the Shadow Bible, the latest instalment of Ian Rankin's best-selling series about the Edinburgh sleuth, for half the price being... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blurb, a POD and digital self-publishing platform, has hired key personnel at Graphicly, a digital publishing platform, including Graphicly co-founder Micah Baldwin. The deal will shut down Graphicly. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There is “no scope” to change the 20% VAT rate on ebooks, the UK government said... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oyster, an iPhone and iPad app that gives users unlimited access to its catalog of ebooks for $9.95 per month, announced that it now has more than 500,000 titles available on its service. The New York start-up launched to much acclaim last September, hailed as the Netflix of ebooks. But... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2014-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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