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Apple facing $840 million ebook price-fixing claim

Apple's legal troubles are heating up again, less than a year since a judge concluded that the tech giant conspired with five publishers to fix ebook prices. On Jan. 31, attorney Steve Berman filed an $840 ... Read More »

February 3, 2014 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Big Six publishers to testify against Apple at ebook price-fixing trial

By Sue Carter

All Big Six publishers are expected to testify in U.S. federal court against Apple during its ebook price-fixing trial, which begins June 3. According to a court document filed yesterday, executives from Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, ... Read More »

May 15, 2013 | Filed under: Industry news

Apple adds social-media sharing to iBooks

By Sue Carter

Although most of the social-media buzz around Apple's product launch today focused on the new iPad Mini, the tech giant's ebooks program received a facelift, too. The new version of iBooks supports 40 languages, continuous ... Read More »

October 23, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Macmillan, Penguin fire back at U.S. Department of Justice

By Steven W. Beattie

Two of the publishers named in a U.S. antitrust lawsuit alleging illegal price fixing of ebooks have shot back at the Department of Justice in affidavits filed last week in New York. In an affidavit ... Read More »

June 4, 2012 | Filed under: Industry news

Email reveals Steve Jobs’ involvement in agency pricing negotiations

By Sue Carter

Seventeen more U.S. states, including New York, have joined the class action lawsuit against Apple, Macmillan, and Penguin, accused of allegedly colluding to raise the price of ebooks. Unlike the U.S. Department of Justice's investigation, ... Read More »

May 15, 2012 | Filed under: Bookselling

Lawsuits allege ebook price-fixing conspiracy in Canada

By Stuart Woods

The Globe and Mail is reporting that several lawsuits have been filed in Canada alleging that, like their counterparts south of the border, the Canadian subsidiaries of foreign publishing houses conspired to lower the prices ... Read More »

April 19, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Book links roundup: TTC launches book club, activists concerned about London Book Fair’s China focus, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Toronto Public Library launches TTC book club London Book Fair's focus on China worrying to free speech activists PBS Newshour interviews attorney Steve Berman, lead counsel in the Apple ebook antitrust lawsuit Heather Reisman speaks to CBC ... Read More »

April 16, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

The “agency” model for ebooks goes on trial

By Stuart Woods

News broke earlier today that the U.S. Department of Justice is pressing ahead with a lawsuit against Apple and the five original "agency" publishers for allegedly colluding to raise the price of ebooks. According to ... Read More »

April 11, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Book links roundup: Ottawa reviews Target, Harry Potter ebook sales over $1.5 million, and more

By Sue Carter

Department of Canadian Heritage to review Target's cultural content Harry Potter ebook sales top over $1.5 million in three days American Library Association releases the 10 most frequently challenged library books of 2011 Three Cups ... Read More »

April 9, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Book links roundup: Philip Pullman adapts classic Grimm tales, Reddit’s new literary video site, and more

By Sue Carter

Philip Pullman adapts 50 classic Brothers Grimm stories Reddit hosts new website for literary-themed videos Chinese authors threaten Apple with lawsuit ... Read More »

March 20, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

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Search Results by tag: Apple

Apple facing $840 million ebook price-fixing claim

Big Six publishers to testify against Apple at ebook price-fixing trial

Apple adds social-media sharing to iBooks

Macmillan, Penguin fire back at U.S. Department of Justice

Email reveals Steve Jobs’ involvement in agency pricing negotiations

Lawsuits allege ebook price-fixing conspiracy in Canada

Book links roundup: TTC launches book club, activists concerned about London Book Fair’s China focus, and more

The “agency” model for ebooks goes on trial

Book links roundup: Ottawa reviews Target, Harry Potter ebook sales over $1.5 million, and more

Book links roundup: Philip Pullman adapts classic Grimm tales, Reddit’s new literary video site, and more

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