The link below is to an article that looks at why Apple has lost the ebook war.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-zack/why-apple-has-lost-the-eb_b_5509413.html
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Apple Settles Lawsuit
The link below is to an article reporting on Apple’s lawsuit settlement over ebook pricing.
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http://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-news/apple-settles-out-of-court-in-840m-lawsuit
Apple settles ebook case, agrees to pay consumers over price-fixing
Apple(s appl) has finally bowed out of a high stakes legal battle over ebooks and agreed to a settlement that could soon see the tech giant paying out millions to customers who purchased titles at online retailers like Amazon(s amzn) and Barnes & Noble(s bn).
According to a letter to the court filed in New York, and embedded below, Apple has reached an agreement with class-action lawyers and state attorneys general that will see the parties cancel a damages trial set for July.
The settlement is under seal for now and must be approved by the court, but is likely to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The money will come on top of the $160 million or so that the five publishers agreed to pay as a result of settlements reached last year.
Apple will, however, continue to appeal a jury verdict from last year in which U.S. District Judge Denise Cote…
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iOS8 and iBooks
The link below is to an article that takes a look at the upcoming iOS 8 operating system and iBooks.
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http://goodereader.com/blog/digital-publishing/ios8-means-ebook-discovery-for-indie-authors
Apple ebooks damages trial to start July 14 after appeals court refuses delay
An appeals court this week refused to halt a trial that could require Apple(s aapl) to pay hundreds of millions of dollars over price-fixing, even as the company continues to deny any wrong-doing and seeks an appeal.
In a succinct order, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said a trial can go forward on July 14 that will determine how much Apple should pay for brokering a conspiracy with book publishers to fix the price of ebooks.
In April, class action lawyer Steve Berman said, “Consumers could see a judgment of between $750 to $850 million,” as punishment related to Justice Denise Cote’s conclusion last year that Apple organized the scheme.
The five publishers who participated in the conspiracy have already settled, resulting in consumers receiving emails telling them of credits paid to their Kindle(s amzn) and Barnes & Nobel accounts. This week’s appeals court ruling means that those consumers are likely to receive emails notifying…
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Apple, Amazon and the uncertain future of the book startup
Over the past few years, I’ve encountered countless startups that claim they are going to disrupt or revolutionize book publishing.
I once thought we might see one of those take off. Today, I’m not so sure. Book-related startups face a particularly tough path forward. Here are a few reasons why.
When Amazon is the chief disruptor, the odds are stacked against you
Any company that comes along trying to reinvent book publishing is competing not only with traditional book publishers but also with Amazon(s AMZN), which is almost 20 years old but keeps finding new ways to shake things up. Print book buying continues to move online and Amazon, which is now delivering on Sundays and offering same-day delivery in a growing number of cities, has a lock on that business. Kindle, launched in 2007, is the dominant ebook reading platform and Amazon is continually rolling out improvements to the Kindle…
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The absurd ebook case: Apple fights on as consumers spend settlement money at Amazon
The high-fives must have been flying at Amazon(s amzn) this morning: millions of the company’s customers got notices to spend credits at its Kindle store, and Amazon didn’t have to pay a cent. Meanwhile, rival Apple(s aapl) will likely underwrite an even bigger shopping spree for Amazon customers sometime yet year.
Welcome to the ironic denouement of l’affaire ebooks, which reached a climax in 2013 when a federal judge found that Apple had brokered a conspiracy with book publishers to fix prices. The legal tussle resulted in the publishers settling their cases — which is what paid for the customer credits that went out today — while Apple fought on alone.
For now, the biggest winner is Amazon, which already dominated the ebook market at the time of the price-fixing scheme in 2010. Today, as a result of lawsuits brought by the Justice Department and state governments, Amazon is in an even stronger position with the publishers; it will also get a healthy cut of the $160 million or…
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Apple stuck with antitrust monitor after appeals court refuses removal request
A federal appeals court has refused to stay an order that imposes an antitrust monitor on Apple, despite the company’s complaints that the monitor has been conducting an illegal roving investigation.
In a ruling published on Monday, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals wrote that the dispute came down to a disagreement over what the monitor was empowered to do, and adopted the Justice Department’s position that the monitor was limited to verifying whether Apple was informing its employees about their duty to comply with an anti-trust order from last year.
The original order imposing the monitor came as part of a larger decision last year in which a New York federal judge concluded that Apple had violated antitrust laws by brokering an illegal conspiracy with publishers to fix the price of ebooks.
Apple, which is appealing the overall decision, has accused the monitor, Michael Bromwich, of starting his duties…
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Appeals court has harsh words for Apple and DOJ in fight over antitrust monitor
A three-judge panel rebuked lawyers for Apple(s aapl) and the federal government on Tuesday morning, as the two sides argued over what to do about a court-appointed monitor that Apple claims is running an unconstitutional investigation into the company’s business practices.
Apple complained that Bromwich, who has no experience in antitrust law, has already billed Apple over $130,000 to investigate the company, and that he has made premature demands to meet with everyone from lead designer Jony Ive to former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, who sits on Apple’s board. The government countered that Apple does not want to comply with the law.
In hearing arguments from Apple and the Justice Department, the judges expressed skepticism for both sides’ positions, and hinted they may issue an order to spell out the duties of the monitor. More broadly, the fight over the monitor is the latest twist in Apple’s ongoing effort…
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Apple’s iBooks Mess
The link below is to an article that takes a look at Apple’s iBooks and concludes that it is a mess.
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http://www.gottabemobile.com/2013/11/16/apples-ibooks-mess/
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