Penguin, Apple ‘putting Amazon on trial’ in US DoJ case
In the US, Penguin and Apple have made filings in their case against the Department of Justice (DoJ) regarding alleged price-fixing of ebooks. ‘While the filings are mostly your typical...
Simon & Schuster joins Hachette, HarperCollins in settling antitrust case with US states
In the US, Simon & Schuster has joined Hachette and HarperCollins in settling the antitrust lawsuit filed by a group of US states over ebook pricing earlier this year, reports...
Apple, Macmillan, Penguin to fight DOJ conspiracy charge in court
As reported overnight by Publishers Lunch, three US publishers have reached a settlement agreement with the US Department of Justice (DOJ), after the DOJ formally filed an anti-trust lawsuit against...
Quote of the week
'You will not see flat pricing under agency (not if the publisher has half a retail mind). There will be days, weeks or even months when the price will drop,...
Amazon Kindle-edition prices ‘set by the publisher’
Several Kindle-edition Australian ebooks listed on Amazon are accompanied by the statement ‘this price was set by the publisher'. The statement, which accompanies Kindle-editions of Australian titles from Hachette Australia,...
EU Competition Commission to investigate Apple agency pricing agreements
The European Union (EU) Competition Commission has launched a formal antitrust investigation into agency pricing agreements for ebooks between Apple and five major international publishers. The commission said in a...