eBooks and eBook Readers News

Publisher Settles in E-book Price Fixing CaseNews from PCWorld:

By John P. Mello Jr., PCWorld    May 18, 2012 8:39 AM

Another publisher has settled with the states in a case involving e-book price fixing.

Simon & Schuster has agreed to work out a settlement (PDF) with 29 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico in an antitrust lawsuit that alleges the publisher participated in a conspiracy to fix e-book prices in 2010.
Simon & Shuster joins Hachette and HarperCollins in agreeing to settle with the states. Two publishers, Macmillan and Penguin, [...] Continue Reading…

Simon & Shuster settles antitrust-ebook suit with state AGsNews from CNET:Simon & Schuster is the third of the five publishers accused of illegally fixing e-book prices with Apple’s help to settle an antitrust suit brought by 29 states.
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Simon & Schuster, one of the five major book publishers accused in multiple lawsuits of conspiring with Apple to fix e-book prices, has settled the complaint filed by numerous states’ attorney generals, CNET has learned.
Denise Cote, the federal judge overseeing the three different antitrust complaints pending against Apple and the [...] Continue Reading…

‘Harry Potter’ eBooks launch on Kobo devicesNews from Digital Spy:

Kobo, the eReader rival to Amazon’s Kindle, has agreed a deal with JK Rowling’s Pottermore to bring the entire Harry Potter eBook collection to its customers.Owners of the Kobo, Kobo Touch and Kobo Vox eReaders can now download all seven best-selling Harry Potter books to their Kobo libraries.Similarly to a recent deal with Amazon, Pottermore has agreed favourable terms for the expansion onto Kobo devices.Users can only purchase the eBooks direct from JK Rowling’s online store, via www.kobobooks.com/harrypotter, meaning Pottermore [...] Continue Reading…

Judge: Apple at Heart of Ebook Price Fixing ConspiracyNews from The Mac Observer:

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U.S. District Court Judge Denise Cote denied a request from Apple and ebook publishers to dismiss a class action lawsuit accusing them of price fixing, and at the same time said that Apple and Steve Jobs were in the middle of the conspiracy.
“In short, Apple did not try to earn money off of eBooks by competing with other retailers in an open market,” Judge Cote said in her [...] Continue Reading…

Apple E-Book Lawsuit: Steve Jobs Swayed Publisher, Complaint AllegesNews from PCWorld:
Apple cofounder Steve Jobs got directly involved in an alleged conspiracy to fix e-book prices after a publisher balked at participating in the scheme, according to a court document filed by 31 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
The document, an amended complaint to an antitrust lawsuit by the states and others against Penguin, Macmillan and Apple, was filed in a New York federal district court. A similar lawsuit against the publishers and Apple has been filed by [...] Continue Reading…

Harry Potter ebooks coming to AmazonNews from WALA-TV FOX10:Updated: Monday, 14 May 2012, 10:18 PM CDTPublished : Monday, 14 May 2012, 10:18 PM CDT
DAILY DOT COM – Owning a Kindle just got a whole lot better for magic-loving Muggles.  Starting June 19, Amazon.com is adding all seven Harry Potter books in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish –to the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library. 
Harry Potter is the all-time best-selling book series in history, and Amazon has purchased an exclusive license from J.K. Rowling’s Pottermore to make the addition of these titles [...] Continue Reading…

Nokia Reading ebook app now available for Lumia phonesNews from The Mobile Indian:
Nokia has announced the availability of its ebook application for its Lumia series of smartphones. The app, called as Nokia reading, was unveiled the Finnish company in the month of February during the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona.
Nokia Reading takes full advantage of the design of Windows platform to the fullest to make reading on the go convenient and visually attractive. Nokia is working with some of the world’s biggest publishers including Penguin and Hachette and [...] Continue Reading…

$ .99 eBook Deal: 20 Books Made into Films: I Am Legend, The Thing & More!News from Geeks of Doom:

The Kindle ebook deal of the day over at Amazon today is Books Made into Films, a list of 20 books that were adapted to film like I Am Legend, Wizard’s First Rule, Slaughterhouse-Five, Red Alert/Dr. Strangelove, Who Goes There?The Thing, and more, for just $ .99 each.
Here’s are all 20 ebooks from the sale:
- Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut- Wizard’s First Rule by Terry Goodkind-
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Kiwi romance readers set to get hooked onlineNews from Stuff.co.nz:

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A GREAT BOON: Readers of romances will be able to celebrate now that Mills and Boon’s back catalogue will be available on e-book.

Love is in the air at Fishpond, the country’s largest online bookstore, as Mills & Boon’s back catalogue of romance novels is set to appear in ebook form.
Last week more than 600 Mills & Boon ebook titles became available, with another 3000 or so soon to be added, a surprising number of which are by [...] Continue Reading…

Amazon To Launch Color Ebook Reader Later This Year, Says ReportNews from TechCrunch:

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A color Kindle might be on the way. Industry watchdog publication, Digitimes, says Amazon will [...] Continue Reading…