iBooks – Techcitement* https://techcitement.com get excited Tue, 01 May 2012 16:07:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Apple Accused Of Fixing E-book Prices, Conspiring With Publishers https://techcitement.com/entertainment/apple-accused-of-fixing-e-book-prices-conspiring-with-publishers/ Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:12:21 +0000 http://techcitement.com/?p=10310

The U.S. Department of  Justice filed a federal antitrust complaint against Apple and  Hachette, HarperCollins, MacMillan, Simon & Shuster, Pearson, and Penguin, alleging e-book price fixing in violation of the Sherman Act. According to the complaint, after unsuccessfully trying to pressure Amazon into raising its e-book prices, the publishing companies found common cause with Apple. The […]]]>