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  New iBooks update opens door to fully illustrated publishing

  3117 readersApple'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...

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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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  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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  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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  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 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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  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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  And then there was Apple… The Department of Justice announces that they have settled with Macmillan, leaving one last litigate in e-book pricing case

  852 readersThe U.S. Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement with Macmillan in the e-book case where major book publishers and Apple were "accused of conspired to eliminate retail price competition." All the publishers – Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers, Penguin Group, Simon & Schuster, and now Macmillan have settled with the

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  DoJ files suit against Apple and 5 publishers; Statement by Macmillan’s John Sargent

  821 readersAccording to Blomberg, the DoJ has filed an anti-trust suit against Apple, Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster in the New York Federal District Court.  The suit alleges collusion in ebook pricing. The article doesn’t say much more, as all parties have denied comment. From the TOR website comes this statement by John

• Penguin Gets More Social, Joins Instagram; Other Publishers on Instagram

  564 readersA short note from a Penguin spokesperson alerted Digital Book Wire to the fact that Penguin Group USA now has a presence on the image-sharing social network now owned by Facebook. See Penguin’s Instagram page here.A quick Web search indicates that Penguin is joining Random House, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins Canada and Scholastic on the