Need money? You may have a small credit coming from Apple soon. The company is starting to pay out damages to customers that were affected by a price-fixing lawsuit Apple lost several years ago, back when it was accused of buddying up with other companies to inflate the prices of eBooks. The group of accused firms, some of which admitted guilt (Apple never did), will pay $400 million...
Apple has long been tangled up courtrooms after it was accused of fixing the prices of eBooks with other sellers in the marketplace. The company maintains its innocence, but faced a class action trial later this summer after a district judge found it guilty of price fixing last year. In an effort to avoid that trial, Apple has settled with consumers and the U.S. states that leveraged...
Are you looking for free Kindle Books to fill up that brand new Kindle you received this holiday? What many Kindle owners may not realize is just how many books for Kindle are available for free. A TON. The ones you have to pay for can be really inexpensive too. Plenty of daily deals starting at $2 and most costing around just $4, there shouldn’t be any excuse for not reading more...
After a long and very drawn out trial, a judge on Thursday threw out a lawsuit levied against Google by the Authors Guild. According to U.S. Circuit Judge Denny Chin, Google’s initiative to scan and digitize more than 20 million books for an online library is “transformative,” and will benefit students, teachers and research while respecting authors’ rights. The books being scanned by...
Dr. Seuss’s classic stories are still as timeless as ever, and now 40 of his best titles will be released as eBooks. Random House said earlier this week that it will bring its partnership with Dr. Seuss Enterprises into the mobile age starting late this month with a series of releases throughout the rest of the fall. All eBooks will cost either $8.99 or $10.99 and come fully formatted...
Last month, Apple was found guilty of conspiracy to raise the price of eBooks, and soon afterward the Department of Justice served up a punishment for the company. Now, the DOJ is softening its sentence, though not by much, after submitting a revised injunction, AllThingsD said Friday. As punishment for conspiring with and pressuring publishers to raise eBook prices, in an effort to...
Following a lengthy trial, Apple was found guilty of conspiring with five different book publishers to raise the price of eBooks on Amazon and other online retailers, U.S District Judge Denise Cote ruled on Wednesday morning. How much the company has to pay has yet to be decided. In her ruling, Judge Cote states that Apple artificially inflated the market through illegal means in an...
Google announced on Monday that it has updated its Google Play Books application, the company’s eBook reader for Android smartphones and tablets, with a ton of new features. It now include a full dictionary as well as Places integration. That means if you’re reading The Da Vinci Code and stumble across a town in France, for example, you can quickly tap the reference to the museum and...
Naturally after we move on from this life, our worldly possessions will continue on. We know what will happen to our treasured books and music — they'll either go to loved ones or others so they can continue to be enjoyed. But as we know, content doesn't always come in physical form. The matter of what happens to our digital content when we die is rather tricky. Digital Right...
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Who says people don’t read anymore? As it stands, many users credit eBooks with stoking their love of reading. In a recent survey, as many as 41 percent of eReader owners said they now read more. Makes sense, especially since people have so many ways to access printed works now. There’s definitely a following for dedicated eReaders like the Kindle, Nook or Sony Reader, not to mention...