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<title>To avoid EU antitrust case, Penguin offers to drop deals with Apple </title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/19/marks.end.to.european.investigation/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1366389457_ibooks3-ipad.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[In order to end an antitrust investigation by the European Commission, Pearson-owned book publisher Penguin has offered to drop e-book deals with Apple that inflated prices for Amazon and other vendors, Reuters reports.  Penguin is the fifth publisher to settle, joining Simon &amp; Schuster, HarperCollins, Hachette, and Macmillian, which along with Apple reached a settlement with the Commission in Dec...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:35:00 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>Penguin files settlement to end e-book price fixing suit</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1355879451_ebookipad-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The United States Department of Justice confirmed today that the Penguin group has made a settlement offer in New York District Court to end its ongoing e-book price-fixing antitrust investigation. If accepted by the Department of Justice and the judge, only Apple and Macmillan will remain as defendants in the suit. Under the agreement's terms, Penguin must cease doing business with any e-book sel...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Penguin plans new e-book lending distribution deals</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/11/19/new.agreements.come.nine.months.after.leaving.overdrive/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1111/penguin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Penguin books is to start lending e-books again in the near future, if reports are to be confirmed. Working with distributor Baker and Taylor, the digital books will be available to borrow from Los Angeles and Cleveland-based libraries, though rule changes surrounding the new lending system compared to previous iterations will force libraries to buy a new copy of the book every year....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Penguin, Random House announce merger intentions</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/10/29/deal.will.result.in.largest.book.publisher.to.be.complete.by.latter.half.of.2013/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1351522920_penguinrandomhouse.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Penguin and Random House have announced they will merge to become the world's biggest English-language book publisher. This is likely a result of the ever-growing and competing e-book market, though neither admits it. Under the terms, Random House will own 53 percent of Penguin Random House, while Penguin will take the rest....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>E-book settlement terms revealed: $69 million to be paid out</title>
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<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>Penguin, Macmillan deny e-book price-fixing conspiracy</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/05/31/publishers.call.federal.complaint.full.of.innuendo/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1205/DOJ-Apple-ebook-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Book publishers Penguin and Macmillan are denying accusations of a conspiracy with Apple to fix the price of e-books, saying the claims are based on ėlittle circumstantial evidence.î According to the New York Times, the two companies said that the US government piled ėinnuendo on top of innuendoî in the federal complaint, with shots also fired at Amazon by saying the government ėsides with a monop...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 18:10:00 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>Apple rebuffs DOJ e-book suit, says Amazon was monopoly</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 after silence through the past two days responded Thursday to the Department of Justice lawsuit over alleged e-book pricing collusion.  Spokesman Tom Neumayr flatly rejected the accusations when asked for comment by AllThingsD, recapping the company's objections to the European Union that the iBookstore was beneficial as it was created.  The iPad-focused store kept Amazon from having excessi...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 02:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>EU willing to settle with e-book publishers over pricing</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/03/12/eu.deal.may.avoid.penalty.over.apple.book.pricing/</link>
<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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