Authors to Dept of Justice: Stop the Penguin Random House Buy of Simon & Schuster Once upon a time, the publishing world involved a vast, gatekeeping entity…Mercy Pilkington30 January 20213 comments2 minute read
More Speculation on the Final Bill for Apple’s Price Fixing Problems News was announced yesterday from the lawyers for the plaintiffs in one…Mercy Pilkington17 July 2014One comment2 minute read
Forbes: Amazon Dispute Not About Money Despite the hordes of critics who have verbally assaulted Amazon for its…Mercy Pilkington10 July 2014One comment2 minute read
US Publishers Earn More through Online Sales than Physical Stores In a report from two entities that watch the publishing industry in…Mercy Pilkington30 June 2014One comment2 minute read
New Plaintiffs Come on Board Against Apple for eBook Price Fixing Apple is still waiting for the final decision from Judge Denise Cote…Mercy Pilkington28 March 2014One comment1 minute read
The Big Five Settled Out of Court and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt The wheels of justice do, indeed, turn slowly. Turtles stampeding through peanut…Mercy Pilkington25 March 2014One comment2 minute read
Court Appointed Babysitter for Apple in DOJ Case As part of the terms in the ongoing proceedings against Apple in…Mercy Pilkington20 February 2014One comment2 minute read
Canada Institutes Its Own eBook Terms with Publishers Following the court drama of the Department of Justice investigation of five…Mercy Pilkington7 February 20142 comments2 minute read
New $840M Claim Against Apple for eBook Price Fixing A US judge is still in the process of handling the DOJ…Mercy Pilkington2 February 2014No comments1 minute read
Attorney Watchdog Named in Apple Anti-Trust Case Part of the terms of the Department of Justice anti-trust lawsuit against…Mercy Pilkington23 October 2013One comment1 minute read
Kindle Announces Potential Refunds to Customers In a mass email to its customers yesterday, Amazon announced some good…Mercy Pilkington1 September 2013No comments2 minute read
Publishers Displeased with DOJ Terms against Apple The first stage in the Department of Justice anti-trust lawsuit against Apple…Mercy Pilkington8 August 2013One comment2 minute read
Apple’s Troubles with DOJ Far from Over Sometimes, it’s just not enough to win, at least in the eyes…Mercy Pilkington5 August 20133 comments2 minute read
Apple Ruling Too Punitive? While consumers and industry watchers alike have spent a fair amount of…Mercy Pilkington3 August 2013One comment2 minute read
Apple Only Remaining Defendant in Anti-Trust Suit, CEO Might Testify It took long enough, but the key players in the US Department…Mercy Pilkington9 March 2013One comment2 minute read
Publishers Agree to Agency 2 Pricing Model Many book retailers were put out by the requirement to write all…Mercy Pilkington18 December 2012One comment2 minute read