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  iBooks update allows fully illustrated publishing

  2185 readersAccording to FutureBook: Apple’s latest version of its iBooks app, which allows e-books to have a pictorial layout similar to printed books and supports full page illustrations, has been hailed by one publisher as being “the beginning of a phenomenally exciting phase in picture book publishing”. The new version of the online store means all

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  Simon & Schuster Implements Agency Model In UK

  1754 readersSimon & Schuster has implemented the agency pricing model on its eBooks from retailers in the UK. This includes Amazon.co.uk, Apple, Waterstone’s and WH Smith. The Bookseller reports: “The publisher joins Hachette, HarperCollins and Penguin in...

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  Easons agrees to agency pricing for ebooks with two publishers

  870 readersFrom Irish Publishing News. More info in the article. Stephen Boylan, Books Purchasing Manager at Easons with responsibility for ebooks has confirmed that Easons has signed Agency contracts with Hachette and HarperCollins. Both publishers have also changed from wholesale to agency terms for ebooks in the UK, as have Canongate, Penguin and Simon & Schuster.

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  Macmillan, DOJ: What Does It Mean for Everybody Else?

  70 readers Late last week, Macmillan and the U.S. Department of Justice agreed on a settlement to resolve the issue of alleged collusion and ebook price-fixing between Macmillan, four other U.S. publishers and Apple.   The settlement was basically the same as those signed by HarperCollins, Hachette, Penguin and Simon & Schuster except for two key differences: 1. It allows

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  Simon & Schuster UK joins agency model crowd

  1193 readersAccording to The Bookseller, S&S has implemented the agency model in the UK, joining Hachette, HarperCollins and Penguin. This leaves Macmillan and Canongate. The site says that these publishers have signed onto agency model pricing, but have not...

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  DOJ Is Suing Apple

  762 readersIt’s official. The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Apple alleging eBook price fixing. Bloomberg has the story: “The U.S. filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple Inc. (AAPL), Hachette SA, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster in New York district court, claiming collusion over eBook pricing.” According to the report, Simon & Schuster, Hachette

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  Amazon UK Switches to Agency Plan with 3 Publishers

  2462 readersAs mentioned here on Oct. 15, Amazon told its UK customers about its battles to avoid the 'Agency Plan' created by Apple with the larger publishers and that the latter would 'require' online booksellers to accept the plan to fix prices to be the same ...

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  Justice Department sues Apple and major publishers over agency model, but rumors of a settlement could keep the agency model alive

  1022 readersIs it a good thing that Apple let's publishers set their own eBook prices, or does this model, called the agency model, lead to price fixing and higher prices for consumers? Or are both things true at the same time? The U.S. Justice Department today filed suit against Apple Inc. and major book publishers over the

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  BREAKING: Macmillan Settles with DOJ on Price Fixing

  925 readersApple is now the lone hold-out. As you may recall, three publishers—Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster—immediately settled, leaving Penguin, MacMillan and Apple to fight it out in court. Penguin settled in December, probably to protect their pending merger with Random House. And now Macmillan joins its fellows. Macmillan CEO John Sargent cited financial reasons

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  Mystery in the EU E-Book Price-Fixing Settlement

  523 readers Four major publishers and Apple have agreed to a settlement with the European Commission over the issue of e-book price-fixing. It’s much like the settlement Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster entered into with the Justice Department, so we won’t go into details. There is a mystery here, though: Macmillan and Apple are part of this settlement