The only real news in the US Department of Justice’s investigation of the Apple/Publisher price fixing allegations is that there’s no news yet. Apple and five of the Big Six Publishers—HarperCollins Publishers, Hachette Book Group, Macmillan Publishers, Penguin Group and Simon & Schuster—are accused of colluding behind closed doors to set an agency pricing model on ebooks. … [Read more...] about Several Key Players Weigh in on Apple, Big Six Investigation
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Apple, Pearson, and Macmillan Continue to Fight Against eBook Settlement
Apple, Pearson and Macmillan are fighting tooth and nail to bow down to pressure to settle their price fixing lawsuit raised by the EU and US Justice Department. Meanwhile, CBS Corp's Simon & Schuster Inc, HarperCollins Publishers Inc, and Lagardere SCA's Hachette Book Group just want it to be over. Last week sources at the USA Justice Department said on record that they … [Read more...] about Apple, Pearson, and Macmillan Continue to Fight Against eBook Settlement
Apple’s Price Fixing Suit May Have Hurt Indie Authors
Apple and five of the Big Six publishers are still undergoing a Department of Justice investigation into an alleged price fixing agreement in order to muscle out Amazon’s 90% control of the ebook market in 2010, just in time for the iPad to make its way to the market. But as the information on the supposed collusion begins to surface, a number of other affected parties have … [Read more...] about Apple’s Price Fixing Suit May Have Hurt Indie Authors
Apple Refutes Price Fixing Allegations
GoodeReader reported last week on the current state of anti-trust investigations against Apple and five of the Big Six publishers. These allegations, initially brought about by a private law firm on behalf of consumers and now taken up by the U.S. Justice Department, claim that Apple and the publishers illegally engaged in price fixing in order to bring down Amazon. And as … [Read more...] about Apple Refutes Price Fixing Allegations
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
European Commission Launches Antitrust Investigation Against Apple and eBook Agency Pricing
The European Commission has formally launched their official investigation against Apple and various book publishers. Hachette Livre , Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster, Penguinand Verlagsgrupp are accused of price fixing ebooks via a cartel, which is illegal in Europe. The European Commission starting today is investigating the fact that Apple and its iBookstore formed a … [Read more...] about European Commission Launches Antitrust Investigation Against Apple and eBook Agency Pricing