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Apple Officially Says They Are Not Colluding With The Publishing Industry
Apple has officially responded to the lawsuit brought on to them by the U.S. Department of Justice. Below is a statement from Apple spokesman Tom Neumayr.
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U.S. Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Apple
The U.S. Justice Department had filed a lawsuit against Apple, Hachette SA, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin, and Simon & Schuster in the New York District Court claiming that they have been colluding on e-book price fixing. Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, and Hachette is rumored to have settled their lawsuits, but Apple and Macmillan refused to engage in settlement talks.
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European Union Now Investigating Book Publishers and Apple on Price Fixing
The European Commission has launched an investigation into the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) iBookstore. They are checking to see whether Apple and a group of international publishers are fixing e-book prices. They are checking to see if Apple and the book publishers are violating antitrust rules. The 5 publishers include Livre, Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster, Penguin, and Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck.
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HarperCollins Reports 25% Of Young-Adult Book Sales In January Were E-Books
The New York Times is reporting a positive story about e-book sales. HarperCollins reported that 25% of all young-adult book sale were e-books. This is up from 6% a year earlier.
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Gawker Pulls Down Excerpts Of Leaked Sarah Palin Book After Take-Down Notice
Gawker.com has taken down leaked excerpts from Sarah Palin’s unreleased and upcoming book “America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag” from their website after being hit by a lawsuit by HarperCollins. The injunction prohibits Gawker from “continuing to distribute, publish or otherwise transmit pages from the book.” There is a hearing expected on November 30th as well. The blog post that had the leaked excerpt now leads to a 404 error message. [AllThingsD]
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HarperCollins Publishers Delaying E-Books Up To About 6 Months
HarperCollins Publishers has announced that they are delaying their ebook publications. The HarperCollins e-books will start in January or February 2010.
“We’re going to experiment with this. Each new e-book represents a potential new marketing opportunity at a time when we need every possible hook to get consumer attention” stated HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray.
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