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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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Authorized Biography Of Steve Jobs Written By Walter Isaacson Coming In Early 2012
Walter Isaacson is writing an authorized biography on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs. Book publisher Simon & Schuster announced this past weekend that Isaacson’s book will be called “iSteve: The Book of Jobs” and it will be out in early 2012. Isaacson has been working on the biography since 2009.
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Scribd Reaches Deal With Publishers For Hosting E-Books
Scribd is a document sharing website that has about 50 million monthly users and has about 50,000 documents uploaded daily. The company was rolled out of Y-Combinator and eventually raised funding from Redpoint Ventures, Charles River Ventures, and The Kinsley Hills Group. It was recently announced that Scribd signed an agreement with major publishing companies to host free e-books.
Through Scribd, users can upload PDFs, DOCs, and other text files. Scribd then presents the document in a web Flash format.
Scribd signed agreements with Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Workman Publishing Co. The terms of the agreement was undisclosed. Scribd will provide a variety of book material at no cost. This includes excerpts from books and even full books. Full novels without much of an audience will be the ones made free.
[via Ars Technica]