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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>Apple wins challenge to 'iBooks' trademark in court battle</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/05/09/small.press.had.use.ibooks.for.imprint.never.registered.trademark/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1368150565_BlackTower-Apple-iBooks-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Of the many contentious and complex legal battles Apple has had to fight, some are easier to sort out than others. In a New York courtroom on Wednesday, Judge Denise Cote -- who is also handling the complicated battle between Apple and the Department of Justice over e-book pricing -- made short work of a trademark dispute between Apple and a small-press publisher of sci-fi and horror novels. At is...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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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>Amazon-Goodreads deal quashed Apple iBookstore plans, say sources</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/18/buyout.offer.nixed.goodreads.integration.into.ibookstore/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1364504265_goodreads-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Amazon's buyout of Goodreads in late March also had the effect of derailing Apple plans for the iBookstore, say Wall Street Journal sources. During the past year, Apple and Goodreads reportedly discussed integrating Goodreads content into the iBookstore, namely in the form of displaying user reviews and ratings. The scheme would've echoed the way Rotten Tomatoes ratings are presented alongside mov...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple urges developers to localize, opens Chinese Support forum</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/12/pushes.localization.for.app.store.ibookstore.titles/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn4.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1362501643_ibooks-japan.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple has sent out a memo to developers this week, urging them to localize Mac and iOS apps as well as titles on the iBookstore, notes AppleInsider.  The message is being delivered through iTunes Connect, and points out that both the iOS and Mac App Stores are accessible in 155 countries and 40 languages.  "In addition, the App Store editorial team is always looking for great apps that are localiz...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tim Cook ordered to testify in e-book antitrust lawsuit</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/13/apple.ceo.asked.to.provide.four.hours.of.information/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn1.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1355964173_TIME-Cook-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[CEO Tim Cook has been ordered to testify in the Department of Justice's antitrust case against Apple, Reuters reports.  US District Judge Denise Cote has asked Cook to provide four hours of testimony, fulfilling requests by prosecutors, who have argued that the executive likely has relevant knowledge of Apple's 2010 entry into e-books with the iBookstore.  Apple opposed involving Cook, claiming ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>iBookstore Twitter account retweets 'obscene' post</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/11/some.twitter.users.complain/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn2.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1346856574_ibooks-logo.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple's official iBookstore Twitter account accidentally retweeted and favorited a potentially offensive post on Sunday night, says 9to5Mac.  "Let me suck a ____ and tell you how much I love introspective novels," the original message read.  Although the post quickly disappeared from the iBookstore feed, it was up long enough for some people to complain and/or unfollow....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>iBooks 3.1 brings full iBookstore to Japan</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/05/includes.manga.other.paid.content/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1362501643_ibooks-japan.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple has released iBooks 3.1 for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch.  While a minor update in most countries, v3.1 is the first to bring the full iBookstore to Japan.  Previously, only public domain books were available in the country; now though the store has a variety of paid titles, including manga comics....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple now sole party fighting US DoJ e-book lawsuit</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/02/08/macmillan.reaches.settlement.with.government/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1355415525_ibooks3-ipad.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The US Department of Justice has settled with publisher Macmillan in a long-running e-book price-fixing lawsuit, says AllThingsD.  "Under the proposed settlement agreement, Macmillan will immediately lift restrictions it has imposed on discounting and other promotions by e-book retailers and will be prohibited until December 2014 from entering into new agreements with similar restrictions," a DoJ ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple planning to launch paid Japanese iBooks in 2013</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/01/02/talks.still.ongoing.with.major.japanese.publishers/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1355415525_ibooks3-ipad.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple should finally launch paid titles at the Japanese iBookstore sometime this year, according to sources for AllThingsD.  The company is reportedly negotiating with several Japanese publishers, such as Kodansha, Shogakukan, and Kadokawa.  Talks are said to be making progress, and agreements may be completed soon.  Allegedly, though, a launch won't happen as fast as the Nikkei has suggested, wh...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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