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<title>Email reveals e-book talk between Steve Jobs, James Murdoch</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/05/15/indicates.apple.was.pushing.for.prices.higher.than.amazon/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1368670300_ibooks3-ipad.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[US Department of Justice filings in the e-book price-fixing case against Apple reveal an exchange between former Apple CEO Steve Jobs and News Corporation/HarperCollins' James Murdoch, notes AllThingsD.  In the course of a Jobs-penned email, which dates back to January 2010, the CEO explains why Apple is proposing to tie e-book prices to hardcover ones.  "We simply donít think the e-book market ca...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 02:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Independent booksellers sue Amazon, publishers for monopoly</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/02/21/suit.blames.drm.for.lack.of.ability.to.enter.the.market/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1361489645_fictionaddiction-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Independent booksellers The Book House, Posman Books, and Fiction Addiction are suing Amazon and the "Big Six" publishers consisting of Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin, Random House, and Simon &amp; Schuster. The suit accuses the seven companies of monopolizing the e-book market by selling titles encumbered by draconian digital rights management, and says that the companies have a seeming ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>E-book settlement terms revealed: $69 million to be paid out</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/08/30/checks.or.e.book.store.credit.available.from.most.vendors/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1346365296_applekeynotepubs-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Book buyers in 49 states and five territories are poised to receive $69 million as a result of civil suit settlement accusing Hachette, HarperCollins, and Simon &amp; Schuster of collusion with Apple, Macmillan, and Penguin. If the settlement is approved by Judge Denise Cote, the three publishers will partially reimburse consumers who bought agency-priced e-books between April 1, 2010 and May 21, 2012...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 22:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple blasts DoJ over settlements in e-book collusion trial</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn2.macnn.com/news/1201/ibooks2-handson.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple has blasted the Department of Justice over a settlement with several book publishers in an ongoing trial surrounding allegations of price fixing. The company argues that the proposed settlements would effectively nullify its existing contracts with the publishersóHachette Book Group, HarperCollins and Simon &amp; Schusteróbefore any witness has been called to testify and before the court has had...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 02:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Barnes &amp; Noble complains to DOJ about e-book fixing case</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/06/08/claims.agency.pricing.a.boon.to.industry/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/ipad2-books2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Bookseller Barnes &amp; Noble has sent a complaint to the US Department of Justice regarding a proposed settlement in the latter's case against e-book price fixing, says paidContent.  The DOJ has proposed a settlement with publishers HarperCollins, Hachette, and Simon &amp; Schuster, who were all accused of colluding to keep e-book prices artificially high by moving to an agency model.  In its complaint, ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 15:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple says decision to face DOJ trial voluntary, talks to EU</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/ipad2-tvad7.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple on Wednesday stated that its confronting a Department of Justice lawsuit over e-book pricing was deliberate.  Attorney Daniel Floyd told Judge Denise Cote that Apple believed the lawsuit was "not an appropriate case" and wanted to prove itself in court.  The company wanted this to be "decided on the merits," Reuters heard while observing Floyd at a hearing....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>DOJ sues Apple, publishers over e-book pricing [u]</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/ipad2-tvad7.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[(Updated with settlement news) As suspected, the US Department of Justice has sued Apple and publishers over claims of unfair e-book pricing.  The complaint accuses Apple of colluding with publishers by both requiring a switch to an agency model, where publishers set the prices and ask for more, as well as demanding "most favored nation" status where no rival could have a lower price than the iBoo...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>EU willing to settle with e-book publishers over pricing</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1203/ipad2-tvad7.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[European Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia in comments Monday said his agency was willing to settle with publishers over an e-book price fixing investigation.  He was willing to put an end to possible penalties for Hachette Livre, HarperCollins, Penguin, Simon &amp; Schuster, and Macmillan if they addressed "all our objections [at the EC]" over the group allegedly raising prices unfairly, Reute...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>DOJ preps antitrust lawsuit versus Apple, e-book publishers</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/03/07/doj.warns.apple.must.change.ibookstore.rules/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1203/ipad2-tvad7.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The US Department of Justice is readying an antitrust lawsuit against Apple and publishers unless they change their pricing strategy for e-books, leaks revealed Wednesday night.  Agency officials reportedly slipped to the Wall Street Journal that both the iPad designer as well as Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin, and Simon &amp; Schuster would face legal action for possibly having colluded ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 04:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Random House ups library e-book rates to keep uncapped loans</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/02/07/random.house.stays.pay.once.with.e.book.libraries/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1202/amazonkindle4.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Random House helped set a possible precedent for e-books in libraries late last week after it agreed to a deal on lending.  While it would raise the price for an e-book by an unspecified amount, the term would guarantee that libarires could have any title they want and provide an unlimited number of loans.  The deal was portrayed to Publishers Weekly and others as giving authors fair compensation ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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