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After Pretending the Last 20 Years Never Happened, Phillip Pullman Calls for Return of Fixed Book Prices

31 July, 20171 August, 2017Bookstore, Price Fix Six, The Society of Authors12 Comments

Author Phillip Pullman has apparently reached either the age or stature that he feels he no longer has to pay attention to reality. The Bookseller reports that...

HarperCollins Vows to Fight Back in Canadian eBook Price-Fixing Case

7 March, 20174 April, 2017Lawsuit, Price Fix SixOne Comment

HarperCollins was the only one of four major Canadian trade publishers to sit out the negotiated settlement with the Canadian Competition Bureau in January. This week it...

Canadian Regulators Reach Deal With Apple, Publishers on eBook Pricing Controls

20 January, 20177 March, 2017Lawsuit, Price Fix Six6 Comments

There is much gnashing of teeth today in Toronto as the Canadian Competition Bureau defeats Kobo’s years-long effort to avoid competing with Amazon. Canada’s business competition...

DoJ Asks Supreme Court to Deny Apple’s Appeal

30 December, 20159 June, 2018Antitrust, Apple, Price Fix Six, The Authors GuildOne Comment

The US Dept of Justice filed its brief in response to Apple’s Supreme Court appeal last week. Arguing that the July 2013 antitrust ruling that concluded Apple was...

Kris Rusch: Amazon is in a Price War With Publishers

6 August, 20156 August, 2015Amazon, Price Fix Six, Publishing15 Comments

Amazon surprised many pundits over the past year as they signed deal after deal that gave publishers control over ebook prices, but now I think we...

Canadian Competition Bureau Strikes Deal With 4 Publishers, Ends Agency Pricing

11 February, 201419 August, 2016Agency, Antitrust, Price Fix Six7 Comments

With the exception of Apple going through the Nth round of their fight with the DOJ, the agency era is pretty much over with here in...

Penguin, EU Agree to Antitrust Settlement

25 July, 201311 June, 2015Antitrust, Price Fix SixLeave a comment

When Apple and 4 of their co-conspirators announced an agreement with the European Commission last September, Penguin was nowhere to be found. That publisher was in...

Judge Rules that Apple Conspired to Raise Prices on eBooks

10 July, 201310 July, 2013Antitrust, Price Fix Six14 Comments

Well that didn’t take long. Judge Cote is back in court today with a ruling in the anti-trust trial against Apple. The judge found that Apple...

EU Announces Settlement for eBook Price-Fixing Conspiracy

13 December, 20123 November, 2016Antitrust, Price Fix Six2 Comments

Here’s some news which will receive a resounding Eh from the many European countries who have fixed price book laws. The European Commission announced today that...

At $17.99, The Casual Vacancy eBook Not a Casual Purchase

26 September, 201226 September, 2012Amazon, Apple, eBookstore, Price Fix Six8 Comments

With her new book, The Casual Vacancy, J.K. Rowling is not going to repeat her Harry Potter mistake and keep the electronic version sequestered away for...

Further Developments in Agency Pricing, Google Books Lawsuits

17 September, 20129 June, 2018Google, Google Books, Lawsuit, Price Fix Six, The Authors Guild2 Comments

PaidContent has updates on a couple of e-book-related lawsuit stories today. First, Judge Denise Cote has approved the $69 million everyone-but-Minnesota lawsuit settlement with Hachette, HarperCollins,...

Where Will E-Book Prices Go After the Settlement?

10 September, 201210 September, 2012Amazon, Apple, Lawsuit, Price Fix Six3 Comments

Say what you will about Bob Kohn, he’s certainly persistent. PaidContent reports that he’s filed a last-minute request for a stay on Judge Cote’s ruling that...

Judge Denise Cote Approves Department of Justice Agency Pricing Settlement

6 September, 20126 September, 2012eBookstore, Lawsuit, Price Fix Six4 Comments

Well, that was fast. Just two days after Bob Kohn filed his comic-book amicus curae brief, Judge Denise Cote has issued an opinion approving the settlement...

Let Me Draw You Some Pictures: Bob Kohn Files 5-page Comic Book Amicus Brief in DoJ Agency Pricing Anti-Trust Settlement Hearing

4 September, 20125 May, 2017Lawsuit, Price Fix Six, Publishing9 Comments

If a picture is really worth a thousand words, Bob Kohn may have found a clever way to get around Judge Cote’s insistence that he get...

Bought Agency Priced E-Books? $69 Million Settlement Pay-Out Is on the Way!

30 August, 201230 August, 2012Lawsuit, Price Fix Six7 Comments

If you’re a US resident who bought any agency-priced e-books from one of the major e-book sellers and don’t live in Minnesota, rejoice! A $69 million...