Apple's foray into the e-textbook business started off with a bang, according to a Monday report: The company sold more than 350,000 textbooks through its new version of iBooks in its first three days of availability, an ...
Business
Jan 24, 2012
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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.
Business
Jan 19, 2012
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(AP) -- The Justice Department is looking into possible anticompetitive practices involving e-book sales.
Business
Dec 8, 2011
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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.
Business
Dec 6, 2011
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US online giant Amazon will start a Japanese-language ebook business as early as this year, the Nikkei business daily and Jiji press said Thursday.
Business
Oct 20, 2011
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A French publisher who had battled in court to stop Google from publishing books online without permission said on Thursday it had come to terms and entered a partnership with the US-based Internet giant.
Business
Aug 25, 2011
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Five book publishers and computer manufacturer Apple have been sued for allegedly colluding to drive up the price of e-books, lawyers for the plaintiffs said.
Business
Aug 13, 2011
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(AP) -- What happens when a pioneer like Borders goes out of business? Depends on who you ask.
Business
Jul 20, 2011
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A US judge on Wednesday allowed Google and US authors and publishers more time to seek a new settlement over the Internet giant's plan to create a massive online library and bookstore.
Internet
Jun 1, 2011
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The European Commission on Tuesday searched several European publishing houses suspected of fixing the price of e-books, a spokeswoman for the competition commissioner said.
Business
Mar 1, 2011
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