Lawyers for Audible are doubling down on their claim that a lawsuit filed by seven publishers over Audible’s forthcoming Captions program is fundamentally a contract dispute. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Bloomsbury executive director Richard Charkin clashed with Audible c.e.o. Donald Katz over the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon is paying authors $1 for every audiobook they sell if they sign up to its Audible Author... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week, the Obama administration’s Justice Department struck a great legal blow against our open market for books, and indeed against open markets in America. Even though online retailer Amazon has captured more than 50 percent of many key book markets—like the one for ebooks—antitrust... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2012-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust lawsuit against Apple and five book publishers over alleged ebook price fixing means that the publishers have to... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2012-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The U.S. Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple and five book publishers for alleged ebook price fixing the Wall Street Journal... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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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 at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Justice Department has formally decided to sue Apple, Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillian, Penguin and Simon & Schuster over alleged ebook price-rigging. Apple and Macmillian have already denied any wrongdoing, saying that the agreements were enhancing competition in an industry... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Yahoo files papers outlining ways of scattering adverts through digital books based on what is being read. Continue reading at BBC World
[ BBC World | 2012-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A New York court recently sided with the Wall Street Journal’s decision to change its terms of service for subscribers, a surprising decision indicating that digital publishers may have more legal leeway than previously imagined. WSJ decide ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Because of the strange distortions of copyright protection, there are twice as many newly published books available on Amazon from 1850 as there are from 1950 Continue reading at The Atlantic
[ The Atlantic | 2012-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book chain Selexyz, not long ago the dominant force in Dutch high street bookselling, is on the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Proceedings for contempt of court are being brought against Biteback Publishing and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Publishers Association has repeated its warnings over government proposals to limit licensing... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Steve Jobs left behind a legal mess for Apple chief executive Tim Cook. Decisions the former CEO made when brokering ebook distribution deals haunt Apple, as a civil price-fixing case moves forward and the specter of a federal antitrust investigation approaches. Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2012-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple along with five ebook publishers must address all the European Commission's antitrust concerns before any settlement can be reached warned the European... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2012-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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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... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2012-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children's publisher Ragged Bears Publishing has filed for administration. The independent... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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If there was any question that copyright law in the digital age is reaching a critical point, a coalition of Web sites on January 18 offered a stark reminder. In the largest online protest in Internet history, some 7,000 popular sites went dark or otherwise altered their sites, successfully... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a major blow, Brent campaigners have been refused permission to take their case against six... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Classics publishers are refreshing their editions of modernist authors James Joyce and Virginia... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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