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Dream of The Red Chamber Is The Greatest Masterpiece of Chinese Classical Novels
Aug 16, 2013Dream of the Red Chamber, or The Story of the Stone, is the greatest masterpiece of Chinese classical novels of the Ming and Qing dynasties with the most profound influence on later generations. The work is comprised of 120 chapters, the ...
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Apple Didn't Try to Fix or Raise The Prices of Electronic Books
Jun 19, 2013Apple didn't try to fix or raise the prices of electronic books when it entered into the market in 2010, according to Apple Senior Vice President Eddy Cue. Rather, he says, the company was only working to ensure a profit for itself. ...
Tags: Apple, Electronic Book Market
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Apple Eddy Cue Offered Only Short Answers in Testimony Thursday in Federal Court
Jun 13, 2013Apple Senior Vice President Eddy Cue offered only short answers in testimony Thursday in federal court when questioned by federal prosecutors trying to solidify their case that Apple, along with five of the largest book publishers, worked ...
Tags: Apple, E-Book Antitrust Trial, Eddy Cue
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Merger Between Random House and Penguin Group Has Gotten Approval
Jun 5, 2013German media operator Bertelsmann and English publishing and education service provider Pearson (NYSE: PSO) last Friday declared that merger between Random House affiliated to Bertelsmann and Penguin Group under Pearson has gotten approval ...
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Apple Appears to Face an Uphill Battle as It Goes to Trial Monday in New York
Jun 3, 2013Apple appears to face an uphill battle as it goes to trial Monday in New York on e-book price fixing charges brought by the U.S. government. In a courtroom packed to capacity, the company squared off alone against the U.S. Department of ...
Tags: Apple, E-Book Trial
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Penguin Has Settled with U.S. States in an E-book Price-Fixing Lawsuit
May 28, 2013Penguin has settled with U.S. states in an e-book price-fixing lawsuit, leaving only Apple now in the fray. Four other publishers accused of price-fixing with Apple settled earlier with the 33 states and territories and the U.S. ...
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A Proposed Settlement with Macmillan Over Allegations of E-book Price-fixing
Feb 18, 2013Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro , a consumer-rights law firm today announced that the firm, along with 33 state Attorneys General and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), have reached a proposed settlement with Macmillan over allegations of ...
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US Authorities Have Reached a Settlement with Macmillan
Feb 18, 2013US authorities have reached a settlement with Macmillan, the last of five publishers accused of colluding with Apple in an e-book price-fixing conspiracy. The US Justice Department said in a statement that with the five publishers ...
Tags: Macmillan, e-Book Trial, Apple
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The Company Has Agreed to Allow Discounting of Its Electronic Books
Feb 18, 2013The company that publishes books under the Macmillan imprint has agreed to allow discounting of its electronic books as part of a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over price-fixing in the fast-growing e-book market. Under ...
Tags: Macmillan imprint, electronic books, US
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A Judge Has Approved an E-book Price-Fixing Settlement
Dec 25, 2012A judge has approved an e-book price-fixing settlement between the U.S. Department of Justice and three book publishers. Judge Denise Cote of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, in an order dated Wednesday, ...
Tags: judge, ebook, price fixing settlement, U.S.Department of Justice
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The Association of American Publishers and Google Have Reached a Settlement
Dec 21, 2012The Association of American Publishers and Google have reached a settlement to end seven years of litigation over the company's book-scanning project. The agreement settles a copyright infringement lawsuit filed against Google in October ...
Tags: Google, Association of American Publishers, settlement
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Penguin Group Has Become The Latest Book Publisher to Reach a Settlement
Dec 18, 2012Penguin Group has become the latest book publisher to reach a settlement with the U.S.Department of Justice in a lawsuit that alleges that Apple and five publishers had conspired to raise e-book prices. Under the proposed settlement ...
Tags: Penguin Group, book publisher, raise e-book prices, Apple
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Three Book Publishers Will Pay More Than $69 Million to U.S.States to Settle Charges
Aug 30, 2012IDG News Service-Three book publishers will pay more than$69 million to U.S.states to settle charges they collaborated to fix prices of e-books. Hachette Book Group,HarperCollins Publishers and Simon&Schuster have agreed to an antitrust ...
Tags: E-Book Publishers, pricing-fixing, retail prices, Apple