(Bloomberg) - News Corp.'s HarperCollins and four other publishers probed by European Union need to address regulatory concerns before they can settle the antitrust case, the European Union's competition commissioner said. Joaquin Almunia, the antitrust chief, told reporters Monday that a settlement was only possible if the publishers were “ready to remove” the cause of European Union objections regarding sales restrictions. No talks on a settlement are currently taking place, he said. The European Commission last year opened an investigation into Apple Inc.'s deals with ebook publishers HarperCollins, Lagardere SCA's Hachette Livre, CBS Corp.'s Simon & Schuster Inc., Pearson Plc's Penguin and Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH's Macmillan division that may restrict sales. The U.S. Justice Department is discussing a possible settlement with some companies involved in its probe of Apple and publishers over ebooks prices, according to a person familiar with the matter last week. The investigation is important to regulators “because the ebooks market is growing very fast and we have an interest to avoid collusive practices,” Mr. Almunia said. Continue reading at 'Crains New York'
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Simon & Schuster will publish a book based on The Everyday Sexism Project, a website that... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Simon & Schuster has partnered with CBS Outdoor to bring its author chef Lisa Faulkner’... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Simon & Schuster has announced the appointment of Mark Ollard as finance director, beginning... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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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
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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
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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
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The Justice Department had sued Macmillan and other large book publishers, accusing them of conspiring to raise ebook prices. Continue reading at The New York Times
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In the week that Foyles c.e.o. Sam Husain called for more support from publishers, US bookselling... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Simon & Schuster is set to publish an “angling adventure full of drama” titled... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Simon & Schuster has bought Joe Corry’s Second World War memoir 005: Ian Fleming’... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The Justice Department said today it had reached a settlement with Penguin Group (USA), one of six companies it had accused of conspiring to raise prices of ebooks. The agreement, if approved by the court, would leave only two companies -- Apple and Macmillan -- facing the lawsuit, due to go to... Continue reading at AllThingsD
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Simon & Schuster has teamed up with Author Solutions to launch a self-publishing service... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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HarperCollins is in early talks about merging with Simon & Schuster, according to reports in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Simon & Schuster has signed bestselling Irish author Melissa Hill in a three-book deal. She... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Barnes & Noble has suffered a serious security breach in 63 of its shops. Payment readers were fitted with a bug, which has harvested details of customers' credit cards. The firm discovered the breach over six weeks ago, but has kept the matter quiet at the behest of the Justice Department,... Continue reading at Fast Company
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Simon & Schuster has signed two more books from YA author Sarah Alderson, also announcing... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Sophie McKenzie has signed world rights for two teen novels with Simon & Schuster in a six-... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The Association of American Publishers (AAP) and Google today announced an agreement that marks the end of nearly seven years of litigation, kicked off in 2005, when five members of the organization filed an infringement suit against the online giant. The deal helps bring digitized books and... Continue reading at Engadget
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Egmont, Simon & Schuster and Templar Publishing have all landed two titles on the W H Smith... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Wow. Judge Denise Cote certainly knows how to put a spring in the step of mega corporations. Mere days have passed since she ordered HarperCollins to let retailers to set their own ebook prices, and yet already Kindle bestsellers from that publisher are selling for around $9.99 -- in some cases... Continue reading at Engadget
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