Amazon is celebrating their 20th anniversary, but not everyone is participating in the festivities. Three of the largest collective bodies that represent authors have filed reports to the US Justice Department that stated “Amazon has used its dominance in ways that we believe harm the interests of America’s readers, impoverish the book industry as a whole, damage the careers of … [Read more...] about Authors Unions Petition Justice Department to Investigate Amazon
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Publishers Once Again Accused of Colluding to Oppose DOJ Apple Settlement
The Justice Department of the US has been on a crusade against Apple and the major publishers on eBook prices. Basically, the parties were accused of banding together to implement a common eBook payment standard. Every one of the publishers settled, for varying amounts of financial costs. The DOJ presented a number of settlement terms to Apple recently and the publishers are … [Read more...] about Publishers Once Again Accused of Colluding to Oppose DOJ Apple Settlement
EU Receives a Settlement Offer from Apple and Top Publishers
Earlier this year, the Justice Department in the USA launched an investigation against Apple and the big six publishers. The authorities were looking into the entire Agency model, where the publishers collectively determined the price on the digital content. Most of the publishers settled out of court, while Apple, Macmillian, and Penguin continue to fight. The European Union … [Read more...] about EU Receives a Settlement Offer from Apple and Top Publishers
Apple, Publishers Facing Heat from Justice Department
In what started out as a class-action lawsuit filed by a Seattle-based law firm on behalf of jilted consumers, the U.S. Justice Department is now taking legal action against Apple and five publishing companies—Macmillan, HarperCollins, Simon&Schuster, Penguin Group, and Hachette Book Group—for allegedly collaborating to set the prices of ebooks in order to prevent Amazon … [Read more...] about Apple, Publishers Facing Heat from Justice Department