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<title>Penguin offers $75 million to settle e-book price fixing suit</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/05/22/apple.unrepentant.remains.in.legal.battle.against.usdoj.states/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1111/penguin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Publisher Penguin and parent company Pearson have proposed a settlement with 33 US State Attorneys General and other plaintiffs for $75 million to resolve its lawsuit accusing it of price fixing in conjunction with Apple and the iBookstore. If accepted by the judge, the settlement resolves all antitrust complaints against Penguin related to the suit on the state level....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 19:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>DOJ, Apple lay out initial filings in e-book price-fixing trial</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/05/15/bench.trial.is.set.to.begin.on.june.3.apple.says.no.collusion/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/ibooks2-handson.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[In advance of the bench trial in which Apple will have to fight off charges that it colluded -- and fostered collusion -- with publishers to raise prices on e-books, both the iPhone maker and the US Department of Justice have filed initial court documents to lay out their respective cases. At issue is both the use of Apple's "agency model" pricing scheme, as well as former CEO Steve Jobs' overture...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kobo launches limited edition 265 DPI Aura HD e-ink reader</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/15/new.device.boasts.1ghz.processor.wide.file.format.support/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1366056361_koboaurahd-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[E-book vendor Kobo today announced its limited-edition Kobo Aura HD e-ink e-book reader. The 6.8-inch Pearl touchscreen runs at an e-ink industry-high of 265 DPI. The device's 1GHz Freescale i.MX507 processor makes the new device the fastest e-reader on the market, according to the company....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple fined $165,000 in Chinese writer's piracy suit</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/12/27/ruling.marks.end.of.year.long.suit.questioning.apples.app.policies/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/ipad2-books2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A judge from the Chinese Second Intermediate People's Court in Beijing has determined that Apple is liable for the sale of works from eight authors whose works were consolidated into apps by other companies and sold through the App Store. The $165,000 fine is to be paid directly to the writers and companies who brought the suit, and is significantly less than requested by the claimants....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 00:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Amazon opens Kindle e-book store for Canadian customers</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/12/10/kindle.hardware.expected.for.local.sales.in.near.future/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1345754219_ScreenShot2012-08-23at4.35.42PM.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Amazon has set-up a dedicated e-book store in Canada, two and a half years after the company's first international e-book shop was opened in the UK. The addition of the Kindle Books store to the localized version of the website brings with it titles in the local currency, as well as recommendations for local writers....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 09:35:00 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>Amazon promises partial refunds for some e-book purchases</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/10/13/payments.a.result.of.suit.settlement.with.three.publishers/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1350186883_kindleandbooks-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[As a result of a possible settlement between the Department of Justice and three publishers involved in a lawsuit regarding e-book price fixing, owners of Kindle e-readers will receive refunds on past e-book purchases. Amazon told Kindle owners on Saturday that they could receive a refund of between $0.30 and $1.32 per book for books purchased between April 2010 and May 2012....]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/10/13/payments.a.result.of.suit.settlement.with.three.publishers/</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2012 03:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>EU testing Apple e-book settlement, due in next few months</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/10/10/one.of.five.publishers.not.participating.in.settlement/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1349848347_almunia-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The head of the European Commission believes that a settlement could be reached in the Apple e-book antitrust case "in the coming couple of months." The European Commission is now market-testing an offer by Apple and four publishers in a bid to end the probe. The publishers involved mirror those from the US case over the same e-book price-fixing allegations -- Simon &amp; Schuster, HarperCollins, Hach...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 05:38:00 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>Government complains Apple rushing e-book price-fixing case</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/06/22/justice.department.requests.discovery.into.next.year/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1206/Apple-iBookstore-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The US Department of Justice, which launched a surprise antitrust lawsuit on Apple and (now) two publishers in April over alleged "price-fixing" in Apple's development of an e-book marketplace, now want to extend the discovery period of the case into March of next year so it can gather more facts. Apple fired back at the request demanding a "speedy resolution" and reiterating its position that it ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 06:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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