Antitrust

Kobo is Issuing New Credits From the eBook Antitrust Settlement

23 October, 2017 // 3 Comments

I have heard from a few readers, and now Dear Author has confirmed, that Kobo has joined Amazon and Barnes & Noble in redistributing unused credits from the ebook antitrust settlement. Kobo sent [Read More ...]

Barnes & Noble Now Redistributing Unused Credits From the eBook Antitrust Settlement

19 October, 2017 // 6 Comments

Amazon isn't the only ebook retailer sending out credits for the ebook antitrust settlement this week; Barnes & Noble has also announced that it is disbursing additional credits starting today, [Read More ...]

Amazon Sent Me a 76 Cent Credit From the Apple eBook Price-Fixing Settlement – How Should I Spend It?

18 October, 2017 // 15 Comments

Amazon is sending out emails this morning with the news that ebook buyers are getting another ebook antitrust settlement payment. the money comes from the fine Apple paid as a result of its role in [Read More ...]

Kindle Users Have Three More Days to Use Their Apple eBook Credit

21 June, 2017 // 0 Comments

The funds Apple paid out as restitution for its role in conspiring to raise and fix ebook prices in early 2010 ar about to expire. In late 2015 Apple was ordered to refund ebook buyers who purchased [Read More ...]

EU Accepts Amazon eBook Commitments to Settle Antitrust Case

4 May, 2017 // 2 Comments

The most-favored-nation clause is a tool invented by Apple and used by Amazon to prevent being undercut by price competition. It is on house arrest in the European ebook market for the next five [Read More ...]

Apple to Publishers, Authors: No MFN Enforcement in Canada Until 2020

14 February, 2017 // 1 Comment

Last month's settlement between the Canadian Competition Bureau, Apple, and 3 trade publishers has attracted little press attention, so there's a good chance that more than a few publishers and [Read More ...]

Canada’s Agency eBook Pricing Settlement Will Have Little Impact on eBook Prices

21 January, 2017 // 0 Comments

Yesterday's news about Apple and three major trade publishers agreeing to give up agency price controls in Canada has been misreported in some circles, with one person going so far as to claim both [Read More ...]

Sources Say Amazon Wants to Settle EU Antitrust eBook Investigation

4 October, 2016 // 0 Comments

The two antitrust complaints made against Amazon by book publishers in Germany turned out to have no merit, but the ongoing EU investigation may have legs. Reuters reports that Amazon is talking to [Read More ...]

Kobo Wins Appeal Over Agency eBook Pricing in Canada

19 August, 2016 // 19 Comments

Kobo has successfully appealed a 2014 consent agreement between the Canadian Competition Bureau and Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster where the publishers had agreed to [Read More ...]

Donald Trump: Amazon has “a Huge Antitrust Problem”

13 May, 2016 // 25 Comments

Now that Trump is the presumptive GOP candidate for president, some pundits have said that he would tone down his rhetoric and start wooing the mainstream voters he had driven over into the [Read More ...]

The German Antitrust Complaints Against Amazon, Audible Were Nothing More Than PR Stunts

8 March, 2016 // 2 Comments

Over the past couple years a couple antitrust complaints have been made against Amazon by publishers in Germany, but aside from the initial press splash little has been reported since. As we learned [Read More ...]

Apple is On the Hook for the $450m Settlement after Supreme Court Rejects Apple’s eBook Conspiracy Appeal

7 March, 2016 // 26 Comments

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Apple Inc's challenge to an appellate court decision that it conspired with five publishers to increase e-book prices, meaning it will have to pay [Read More ...]

US Appeals Court Upholds Apple eBook Settlement

17 February, 2016 // 2 Comments

A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld Apple's $450 million settlement of claims that it harmed consumers by conspiring with five publishers to raise ebook prices. The 2nd US Circuit Court of [Read More ...]

Judge Cote Dismisses Part of eBook Retailers’ Lawsuit Against Apple, Publishers

25 January, 2016 // 0 Comments

Apple has scored a minor victory in its ongoing legal battles over the 2010 conspiracy to raise and fix ebook prices. A little over a month ago Judge Denise Cote issued a summary judgement in the [Read More ...]

Apple’s Last Chance to Win eBook Conspiracy Case Lies with Securing Supreme Court Hearing

25 January, 2016 // 3 Comments

Despite having the world’s most popular smartphone model, and for a while a near monopoly on the tablet market, Apple has not been able make much of a dent in either mobile advertising or ebook [Read More ...]

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