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EU about to close eBook probe
The clauses had prevented Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Lagardere SCA's Hachette Livre and Macmillan, from making deals with rival retailers to sell e-books more cheaper than Jobs' Mob. -
Pan Macmillan publisher, Tor UK, dumps DRM
Tor UK, Tor Books and Forge which are divisions of Pan Macmillan, which said it viewed the move away from DRM as an "experiment -
US sues Apple for alleged publishing cartel
UpdatedIt is not clear who has folded but the Justice Department is investigating alleged price-fixing by Apple, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Hachette Book Group and Pearson and Macmillan. -
Apple tells the DoJ where to get off
The DoJ has arranged a settlement with most of the publishers who were involved in the price fixing cartel arranged by Steve Jobs. However, Apple, along with publishers Pearson and Macmillan, is reluctant to agree to terms. -
Apple expected to modify its eBook cartel
The Justice Department wants to end agreements Steve Jobs squeezed from five publishers about two years ago. Simon & Schuster, Lagardere, Hachette Book Group, Pearson, Penguin Macmillan and HarperCollins were all involved in the deal. -
Apple and publishing companies sued over ebook deals
Any settlement could lead to cheaper e-books for consumers. The five involved are understood to be Simon & Schuster, Hachette Book Group; Penguin Group (USA), Macmillan and HarperCollins. -
Ebook firms sued for antitrust conspiracy
LawAn antitrust class action case against Hachette, Harper Collins, Macmillan, Penguin, Simon & Schuster, Random House, Apple, Amazon and Barnes & Noble started in a New York district court. -
Apple and Amazon called in over antitrust deals
Mr Blumenthal said he read an article in the New York Times, called "A Rift at Amazon on eBook prices", which refers to both Apple and Amazon's deals with book publishers such as Macmillan and Simon & Schuster. -
Amazon and Macmillan bury the hachette on prices
Book publisher Macmillan and Amazon settled their differences over the weekend over pricing, setting the tone for future e-books sold online. -
Hatchette buries hatchet in Amazon's head
Macmillan persuaded Amazon to let it price its e-books for the Kindle above $9.99 last week. But even so, Macmillan books have not yet re-appeared on the Amazon site. -
Amazon chickens out of publishing war
Online shop Amazon backed down from taking on Macmillan over pricing of its e-books. -
Macmillan and Amazon in spat over e-book pricing
Amazon has taken all e-books published by Macmillan off its Kindle e-reader site because of an argument the two companies are having over pricing.
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