On Wednesday, a federal judge issued a damning finding that Apple conspired with five major book publishers to fix the price of ebooks. The ruling is a chronicle of these firms’ incredible stupidity. In 2009 and 2010, the judge says, Apple and the publishers conspired more or less in the open, telegraphing their moves to the press, memorializing their discussions over email, hinting at their anti-competitive agreements in public statements, and strategizing in swanky restaurants. For a short while, they succeeded in their goal of raising book prices: Overnight, the average price of ebooks rose by nearly 20 percent, with some best-sellers shooting up by close to 50 percent. Books that used to sell for $9.99 were now $12.99 or $14.99, prices that Apple and the publishers believed would threaten Amazon.com, the undisputed king of ebooks. Continue reading at 'Slate'
[ Slate | 2013-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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During an appeals court hearing on the Department of Justice's price-fixing case against Apple, some judges argued against the DOJ, asserting that Apple was simply challenging 'predatory' pricing from rival Amazon. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The US judges hearing Apple's appeal against its price-fixing conviction have asked questions about the role of Amazon in the ebook market, giving hope for the appeal, it has been reported. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At Apple's appeal hearing Monday in its ebook price-fixing case, Second Circuit Judge Dennis Jacobs aggressively questioned DoJ attorney Malcolm Stewart, and repeatedly referred to Amazon as a "monopolist." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-14 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 December 7, 2014. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On Monday, December 15, Apple will finally get their crack at overturning their 2013 ebook price-fixing judgment, with oral arguments scheduled before the Second Circuit Circuit Court of Appeals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bot fraud, digital advertising's albatross, will suck $6.3 billion from the industry next year, according to a much anticipated report highlighting the threat from the Association of National Advertisers and WhiteOps. Here is the scope of the problem, per analysts at SunTrust Robinson Humphreys:... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2014-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Books by John Green and Michael Lewis were the most-downloaded paid titles in the iBooks store this year. James Patterson topped the free download list. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple’s iBooks store in the UK has released its "Best of 2014" list showing that titles with film tie-ins led to the highest sales on the platform among paid-for titles. In fiction, The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (Penguin) sold the most units on the UK iBooks platform in 2014, followed by... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When Tim Cook published an open letter in September to address iCloud privacy and security concerns, he said free online services treat you, the consumers, as product. Even newcomer Ello, which is dubbed the anti-Facebook, has a manifesto that ends w... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2014-12-07 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 November 30, 2014. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iBooks chief fighting US court ruling that the company ‘conspired’ to fix prices in its competition with Amazon is defiant before trial. Tim Cook ‘feels the same’Apple goes before a US federal appeal court in two weeks to try to overturn a US Justice Department ruling on ebooks price-fixing. But... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With an appeal date approaching, attorneys for Apple and the DoJ traded fire over whether Judge Denise Cote improperly weighed the evidence presented to her. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-01 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 November 23, 2014. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Judge Denise Cote granted final approval from the bench to a deal that would settle money damages arising from Apple’s ebook price-fixing case. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A federal judge in New York has given final approval to a settlement in which Apple will pay $450 million for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices for ebooks. Judge Denise Cote of the U.S. District Court in Manhattan called the settlement “fair and reasonable.” It requires Apple to pay $400... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2014-11-22 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 November 9, 2014. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New York Magazine has just come out with an in-depth profile of the intensely private Honolulu resident Pierre Omidyar. It quickly gets beyond the basics—"the programmer who created eBay, is one of America's richest men, a 47-year-old philanthropist intent on giving away the fortune he made when... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2014-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster had a busy few days last week: the two companies announced their quarterly earnings, received words of encouragement from their corporate owners, and made changes in their Canadian operations. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dividing the digital publishing industry into legacy and new media falsely undermines newspapers capacity for innovation Continue reading... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple CEO Tim Cook on Thursday published a moving essay in Bloomberg Businessweek in which he publicly announced for the first time that he is gay. Cook is the first CEO of a Fortune 500 company to publicly come out.Cook is famously private and said he doesn’t think of himself as an activist,... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2014-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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