Briefly Noted | MediaShift . Did Apple Collude with Publishers to Fix Prices on E-Books? | PBS
Apples iBookstore wields enough power to change how electronic books are sold and priced, according to plaintiffs in class-action suits against the Cupertino, Calif., company and several traditional publishers. The complaint alleges that Apple violated antitrust laws by colluding with…
Irish Writers’ Centre Novel Fair
The Irish Writers’ Centre has launched a Novel Fair for first-time novelists. The event will take place on 10 March 2012. with the aim of introducing up-and-coming writers to top publishers and literary agents, giving novelists the opportunity to bypass…
Briefly Noted | Lawsuit Filed Against Apple and Book Publishers Over Illegal Ebook Price Fixing
Class-action law firm Hagens Bermans seeking more plaintiffs for its lawsuit against Apple and five publishers over illegal ebook price-fixing. The publishers include HarperCollins, Hachette, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster—five of of the top names in the book publishing…
Briefly Noted | Cherish the Book Publishers—You'll Miss Them When They're Gone | Postmodern Times by Eric Felten – WSJ.com
It’s only natural for those locked out to despise the gatekeepers, but what about those of us in the reading public? Shouldn’t we be grateful that it’s someone else’s job to weed out the inane, the insipid, the incompetent? Not…
Briefly Noted | Google Sued by French Publishers for $14 Million Over Books – Bloomberg
Google Inc. GOOG was sued for 9.8 million euros $14 million by three French publishers who said the search-engine company scanned books without permission. Editions Albin Michel SA, Editions Gallimard SA and Flammarion claimed Google has scanned 9,797 copyright-protected works…
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