The Justice Department is reportedly preparing to go after Apple, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, Penguin, Macmillan and HarperCollins following its investigation into alleged ebook price-rigging. The case centers around a deal to switch to agency pricing, where the vendor takes a 30 percent cut of each sale, rather than the wholesale model that gives publishers more flexibility to reduce prices or even sell ebooks at a loss. Some publishers are now trying to agree on a new policy in an effort to stave off the kind of federal suit that nobody wants to wear.Justice Department preparing Apple iBooks antitrust lawsuit originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Mar 2012 05:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | WSJ | Email this | Comments Continue reading at 'Engadget'
[ Engadget | 2012-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two months ago, I argued here on BetaNews that despite the ever-increasing chorus of negativity surrounding Apple, its best days are ahead. One of my reasons for my belief is the young consumer, where the Cupertino company is building a considerable amount of brand equity. Today's... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2012-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple today announced iBooks Author and iBooks 2, free applications that let educational publishers and teachers create and market K-12 textbooks and course... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2012-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple will today lift the lid on a hotly anticipated education announcement which many... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple has announced a new multimedia app called iBooks Author, allowing writers to create their... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iBooks Author is a free Mac app designed to let authors and publishers easily create multimedia-rich e-textbooks for the iBooks 2 app. Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2012-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It's like the old "make it up on volume" joke. Except this time it might work, if students and school districts play along. Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2012-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple is holding an education-themed event this week, and the usual gamut of unnamed sources and rumor-mongers have come to the consensus that the event will focus on Apple's plans to enter the e-textbook business, and possibly unveil a new interactive ebook publishing platform. This rumor... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2012-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literacy charity Quick Reads is to recruit a new project director following Kathy Gale’s... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In 2011, one phrase defined the magazine industry: digital editions. Whether publishers were deciding to take the leap into digitizing their publications, or deciding on what app to develop next, digital was top of mind for publishers of all kinds. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon's Kindle Store is now iPad optimized. The company on Tuesday introduced a new touch-friendly version of its ebook storefront for iPad that allows readers to purchase and read Kindle books whether it be in Safari with Kindle Cloud Reader or Kindle for iPad. Located at... Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2012-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A group of Chinese writers has filed a lawsuit against Apple, alleging that the company's App Store sells pirated versions of the authors' works. Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2012-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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W H Smith Travel’s trading controller for books Julie Wright has left the business and is... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple reportedly has hired Adobe exec Todd Teresi to lead its mobile iAd program. Teresi led the advertising and publishing teams at Adobe, according to his LinkedIn profile. Previous jobs include chief revenue officer at Quantcast and senior vp at Yahoo, where he ran the company's publisher... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2012-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jeff Kinney, author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, has filed a trademark lawsuit against... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple is to launch a 12 Days of Christmas giveaway, to begin on Boxing Day, which will include e-... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bounce! Sales & Marketing Ltd is to expand the number of publishers it represents following... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Blake has promoted four members of staff to reflect a new emphasis on digital publishing for... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Audit Bureau of Circulations [ABC] released survey results Monday that reveals attitudes of the publishing industry when in it comes to working with Apple Inc. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Finally, publishers have a reason to cheer Apple. In the 10 days since Apple launched its Newsstand for the iPad and iPhone, many are reporting big spikes in sales of their digital editions. Ease of discovery is a big reason for the sales increase; titles are now collected in one place rather... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2011-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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