Apple's battle over e-books
Why Apple needs to settle
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Notes on Steve Jobs shelved in e-books antitrust case
The notes and related testimony from Steve Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson will not be in play in the DOJ's antitrust case against Apple. more
News | 11 weeks ago -
DOJ: Toss the cartoonist's appeal out of e-book case
The U.S. Department of Justice says Bob Kohn, who filed some of his arguments as a cartoon strip, has no standing in the case involving five book publishers and Apple. more
News | 27 weeks ago -
DOJ, please don't let up on Apple, book publishers
commentary Consumers are the winners when a court rejects the argument that price fixing is OK because Amazon is discounting everyone out of business. Fear is not an excuse to price-fix. more
News | 37 weeks ago -
Video: DOJ takes action over e-book prices
At a press conference in Washington, D.C., Justice Department officials announce the government's lawsuit against Apple and publishers for allegedly conspiring to increase prices that consumers pay for e-books. more
Video | 58 weeks ago -
Court OKs feds' e-book settlement with publishers
Court's approval of Department of Justice deal with three of five book publishers accused of fixing e-book prices is bad news for Apple. more
News | 37 weeks ago -
U.S. versus Apple et. al. on e-book pricing
Here's a copy of the Department of Justice's actual complaint filed Wednesday in New York district court against Apple book publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin, and Simon & Schuster. more
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Steve Jobs biographer fights subpoena in e-books case
Judge says Walter Isaacson, the man who quoted Jobs allegedly throwing consumers under a bus on e-book pricing, doesn't have to turn over unpublished tapes or notes for now. more
News | 42 weeks ago -
Amazon's the villain, not Apple, book sellers say
The DOJ should be after Amazon for illegal business practices, not Apple and the major book publishers, say many of the people who filed public comments on the issue. Of course, lots of them are bookstore owners. more
News | 43 weeks ago -
Feds want publishers in e-book case to rat on Apple
As the Department of Justice continues to press its antitrust case against Apple and some of the country's largest book publishers, it wants the publishers who have already settled to turn over evidence. more
News | 48 weeks ago -
Why Apple needs to settle its e-book suits
More and more, it appears that Apple's e-book agreement with publishers was anticompetitive -- or, at the very least, anticonsumer. more
News | 52 weeks ago -
Simon & Schuster settles e-book antitrust suit with state AGs
Simon & Schuster is the third of the five publishers accused of illegally fixing e-book prices with Apple's help to settle an antitrust suit brought by 29 states. more
News | 53 weeks ago -
New details reveal Steve Jobs involved in e-book lawsuit
Previously redacted content in lawsuit against Apple shows that Steve Jobs told a publishing exec to join Apple in creating "a real mainstream e-books market at $12.99 and $14.99." more
News | 53 weeks ago -
Apple faces e-book price-fixing lawsuit in Canada too
The first domino fell last week in the U.S. when the DOJ sued Apple and its publishing partners claiming collusion over pricing of e-books. A class action lawsuit in Canada now claims the same. more
News | 57 weeks ago -
Indie book publishers call Amazon, not Apple, a 'predator'
Amazon will price everyone else out of the business, indie publishers warn. Then again, lowering prices and grabbing market share worked well for Apple's iTunes -- and aren't consumers better off as a result? more
News | 57 weeks ago -
Kindle vs. Nook vs. iPad: Which e-book reader for you?
With ultraaffordable e-ink readers, midprice color tablets like the Nexus 7, iPad Mini, and Kindle Fire HD, and even the more expensive iPads all vying for your e-book dollar, what's the best choice for you? It depends. more
News | 41 weeks ago