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If publishers cannot control e-book retail prices, how should they set their own?

By admin on Saturday, May 19th, 2012 | Comments Off

On the Columbia Journalism Review, Ryan Chittum has a rebuttal to a number of recent posts about e-book production costs and price, including the post by Mathew Ingram that I covered here. Though the article is replete with quotes and counter-arguments, but the central thrust seems to be that publishers ought to be able to [...]

Publisher Settles in E-book Price Fixing Case – PCWorld

By admin on Friday, May 18th, 2012 | Comments Off

Publisher Settles in E-book Price Fixing CasePCWorldBy John P. Mello Jr., PCWorld May 18, 2012 8:39 AM Another publisher has settled with the states in a case involving e-book price fixing. Simon & Schuster has agreed to work out a settlement (PDF) with 29 states, the District of Columbia, …Simon & Schuster Settles States Antitrust [...]

Scholastic Names Jenny Frost Senior Vice President, E-Publisher And E-Book Strategy For Scholastic’s E-Commerce Group – Yahoo Finance

By admin on Thursday, May 17th, 2012 | Comments Off

NEW YORK, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Scholastic (SCHL), the global children’s publishing, education and media company, announced today that Jenny Frost has joined the company as Senior Vice President, E-Publisher and E-Book Strategy for the … Scholastic Books – Bing News That’s what the Connecticut Department of Revenue will be doing thanks to this recent [...]

Scholastic Names Jenny Frost Senior Vice President, E-Publisher And E-Book … – Sacramento Bee

By admin on Thursday, May 17th, 2012 | Comments Off

Scholastic Names Jenny Frost Senior Vice President, E-Publisher And E-Book …Sacramento BeeMs. Frost will be responsible for selecting, presenting and marketing digital product which will be sold to teacher and parent customers who access e-books from Scholastic and other publishers through Scholastic's e-commerce vehicles including Storia …and more » e books – Google News The Bookseller [...]

International ebook antitrust lawsuits [infographic]

By admin on Thursday, May 17th, 2012 | Comments Off

Popular Soda, one of our favorite sites with ebook news, tips and reviews, have put together an interesting overview of ebook antitrust lawsuits against big publishers for an alleged ebook price-fixing scheme. Click on the image to enlarge and check the original post for the list of sources. Via Popular Soda. Read an ebook. Get [...]

First Fable e-book by Peter David now available – GameZone

By admin on Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 | Comments Off

GameZone First Fable e-book by Peter David now availableGameZoneReaver, the first of the Fable e-books, is currently on sale through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iTunes, and other retailers. The Fable: Reaver digital short story released on May 2 and runs about 38-43 pages in length, depending on format. e books – Google News

Scholastic Names Jenny Frost Senior Vice President, E-Publisher And E-Book … – MarketWatch (press release)

By admin on Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 | Comments Off

Scholastic Names Jenny Frost Senior Vice President, E-Publisher And E-Book …MarketWatch (press release)NEW YORK, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Scholastic (NASDAQ:SCHL) , the global children's publishing, education and media company, announced today that Jenny Frost has joined the company as Senior Vice President, E-Publisher and E-Book …and more » e books – Google News

Judge Comes Down Hard on Publishers, Apple in E-book Case – TIME

By admin on Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 | Comments Off

Mobiledia Judge Comes Down Hard on Publishers, Apple in E-book CaseTIMECiting ongoing state, federal and international antitrust investigations, Cote turned down arguments that Apple and the publishers had acted independently when they changed the pricing model for e-books. (For more details on the case, see “Everything …E-book publishers lose bid to kill antitrust suitSan Francisco [...]

New E-Book Publisher Aims To Be “World’s Greenest Press” – San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

By admin on Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 | Comments Off

New E-Book Publisher Aims To Be "World's Greenest Press"San Francisco Chronicle (press release)Bitingduck Press, of Altadena, California, wants e-books to help save the environment as well as to serve local businesses. Specializing in electronic formatting of complex content and in quirky fiction, the press represents over seventy authors …and more » e books – Google News [...]

E-book publishers lose bid to kill antitrust suit – San Francisco Chronicle

By admin on Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 | Comments Off

CBS News E-book publishers lose bid to kill antitrust suitSan Francisco ChronicleE-BOOKS Publishers lose bid to dismiss antitrust suit Apple and five book publishers lost their bid to have a private antitrust suit over electronic book pricing dismissed. US District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan denied on Tuesday a request by the …Apple E-Book Lawsuit: [...]

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