News tagged with book publishers
Friend or foe? Google, indie book sellers team up
(AP) -- Struggling neighborhood books stores now have a new way to ring up sales, courtesy of a formidable new rival - Google. But it still may not be enough to help them keep their doors open.
Dec 06, 2010 |
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US sues Apple, publishers over e-book prices
(AP) -- The government says avid best-seller readers who use electronic books have been getting ripped off. Tina Fey's "Bossy Pants," Tim Tebow's "Through My Eyes" and Keith Richards' `"Life" - maybe they ...
Apr 11, 2012 |
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Apple starts selling interactive iPad textbooks (Update)
Apple Inc. on Thursday launched its attempt to make the iPad a replacement for a satchel full of textbooks by starting to sell electronic versions of a handful of standard high-school books.
Jan 19, 2012 |
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EU in antitrust probe of Apple, e-book publishers (Update)
The European Union's antitrust watchdog is probing whether Apple helped five major publishing houses illegally raise prices for e-books when it launched its iPad tablet and iBookstore in 2010.
Dec 06, 2011 |
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Apple unveils digital media subscription service
Apple, in a move long awaited by publishers seeking new sources of revenue, unveiled a subscription service on Tuesday for digital newspapers and magazines purchased through its online App Store.
Feb 15, 2011 |
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Pew study hints at what Web users will pay for
(AP) -- The Web may seem like the land of something for nothing. Free video. Free news. Even free tools such as word processing and spreadsheets.
Dec 30, 2010 |
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Feds sue 6 websites for offering free comic books
(AP) -- Six websites run by a Florida man violated federal copyright laws by allowing visitors to view Batman and other comic books for free without permission from the publishers or authors, government lawyers charge in ...
May 28, 2010 |
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Books pulled from Amazon.com in pricing dispute
(AP) -- New copies of Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall," Andrew Young's "The Politician" and other books published by Macmillan were unavailable Saturday on Amazon.com, a drastic step in the ongoing dispute over ...
Jan 30, 2010 |
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French court orders Google to stop scanning French books
A French court on Friday told Google that it cannot digitise French books without publishers' approval and ordered the online giant to pay 300,000 euros (430,000 dollars) in damages.
Dec 18, 2009 |
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Apple on track to launch tablet device next year, analysts say
Apple Inc. is on track to launch a much-anticipated, tablet-sized computing device early next year, according to brokerage reports Wednesday.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 09, 2009 |
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Magazine publishers creating 'iTunes for magazines': reports
US magazine publishers Time Inc., Conde Nast and Hearst are preparing to launch an online newsstand described as an "iTunes for magazines," according to published reports.
Nov 25, 2009 |
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Google books hearing set for February 18
A US judge set February 18 for a hearing on the revised legal settlement between Google and US authors and publishers that would allow the Internet giant to scan and sell millions of books online.
Nov 20, 2009 |
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Google makes concessions on digital book deal (Update)
(AP) -- Google Inc. will loosen its control over millions of copyright-protected books that will be added to its digital library if a federal judge approves a revised legal settlement addressing the earlier ...
Nov 14, 2009 |
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Google's desire to scan old books has critics casting it as Goliath
Google's ambitious plan to scan millions of old, out-of-print books, many of them forgotten in musty university libraries, has turned into one of the biggest controversies in the young company's history.
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Top US copyright cop opposes Google book deal
(AP) -- The nation's top copyright official has joined the mounting opposition to a class-action settlement that would give Google Inc. the digital rights to millions of out-of-print books.
Sep 10, 2009 |
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