And another one bites the dust. After refusing to join in an earlier settlement with three other publishers accused of colluding with Apple to fix prices on e-books, the folks at publishing biggie MacMillan have decided to settle with the U.S. Dept. of Justice for $20 million. [More]
MacMillan Agrees To Refund $20 Million Over E-Book Price-Fixing Claims
By February 11, 2013
DOJ Agrees On E-Book Price-Fixing Settlement With Three Publishers
By April 11, 2012
Only hours after filing suit against Apple and six book publishers over allegations of e-book price-fixing, the Justice Dept. said has agreed on settlement terms with three of those publishing companies — HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette. [More]
HarperCollins Sets Checkout Limit On eBooks At Libraries
By March 7, 2011
HarperCollins doesn’t want those eBooks of theirs to get torn up, so it makes perfect sense that they’ve set a limit of 26 checkouts for the eBooks titles it has licensed to libraries. Wait, eBooks can’t get damaged, so, what’s the big idea? [More]
