The US Justice Department have officially filed a massive lawsuit against Hachette, HarperCollins, Apple, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster. It has been an ongoing saga that these companies all participated in an eBook price fixing collusion scheme to combat Amazon. Macmillian, Penguin and Apple will continue to fight the case in New York, while Simon & Schuster, … [Read more...] about US Justice Department Files Lawsuit against Apple and Top Publishers while others Settle in Court
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Apples eBook Collusion Case with Publishers May See a Settlement Soon
It has been a storied saga that has prompted both a USA Justice Department investigation and in the UK with the European Commission on Apples price fixing collusion with publishers. Basically when Apple was getting into the eBook business with their iBookstore they prompted publishers to establish a level playing field in price fixing. Instead of companies like Amazon, Kobo and … [Read more...] about Apples eBook Collusion Case with Publishers May See a Settlement Soon
Smashwords adopts an Agency Model for eBooks
On Wednesday December 1st in an epic Blog Post, Smashwords founder Mark Coker outlined his business moving into an agency model for eBook pricing. We can't help but wonder if it is best for customers. As of Wednesday publishers and authors will now be the people sole determining the price of eBooks under this new business model and increased the royalties distributed per … [Read more...] about Smashwords adopts an Agency Model for eBooks