Agency Model Antitrust Investigation Could Close Soon
The Department of Justice’s ongoing investigation of Apple and five major publishers could reach a conclusion as early as this week, according to Bloomberg. The department is looking into whether the...
View ArticleJudge Denies Publishers, Apple, Stay of Civil Suit; More States Join...
U.S. District Court judge Denise Cote denied a motion by Apple, Penguin, and Macmillian to dismiss a civil class action suit that alleges Apple and the major publishers colluded to set ebook prices....
View ArticleUpdate: Publishers Agree To $69 Million Settlement For Ebook Buyers
This story has been updated to indicate that the proposed settlement in the state-led ebook antitrust case, which three publishers agreed to on August 29, has been approved by the court. On September...
View ArticleOverDrive To Library Customers: Hachette is Raising E-Book Prices an Average...
UPDATE 4: Jamie LaRue from Douglas County Libraries Comments in this Library Journal Report UPDATE 3: We reached out to OverDrive with specific questions about the price increase and the technical...
View ArticleALA, LaRue Respond to Hachette Price Increase
The American Library Association (ALA) on Friday denounced Hachette Book Group’s decision to implement steep price increases on its back-catalog of ebooks sold to the library market. OverDrive broke...
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Macmillan Settles Ebook Price-Fixing Suit
Macmillan on Friday became the last of five major publishers to settle a lawsuit over the pricing of ebooks originally filed by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and 15 states in April 2012. In an...
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Hachette to Sell Frontlist Ebook Titles to Libraries
Hachette has said it will review its ebook pricing scheme for libraries annually. Following two years of pilot tests with the New York Public Library (NYPL) and others, Hachette Book Group today...
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Hachette To Donate Audiobooks to National Library Service for the Blind and...
Hachette Book Group on May 29 announced plans to provide unabridged audiobook recordings for free to the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), a division of the...
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Amazon Reveals Sticking Points with Hachette
On Amazon’s Kindle forum dated July 29, the online retail behemoth revealed details of the sticking points with the Hachette Book Group that are contributing to the two companies’ very public battle...
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