MobyLives’ coverage of the DOJ lawsuit
The DOJ’s messing with publishers again. Is this a power play by Amazon?
At the Wall Street Journal, Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg reports that the U.S. Justice Department “has gone back to the publishers asking about any recent pricing discussions they may have had… Read more »
Is Judge Denise Cote “publishing’s most unlikely scourge”?
Judge Denise Cote has “chilled the book business” with her sanctions against Apple, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, Hachette, Harper Collins, and Penguin, writes David Margolick, in a new profile… Read more »
The Everything-But-Hachette Store: Amazon stops shipping books to leverage more money out of Hachette
Late Thursday night, the New York Times’ David Streitfeld reported that Amazon had been raising prices and delaying shipments of books published by Hachette, which controls over a third of the U.S.… Read more »
“I am against Amazon because they are a monopoly,” says Andrew Wylie
Andrew Wylie is traveling to foreign countries to warn them about Amazon. Not too long ago, he was warning the Germans that they ought to “pick the plague” over Amazon’s… Read more »
State attorneys say Apple is “stonewalling” and other news that deserves a yawn
The U.S. vs. Apple trial was granted a temporary administrative stay last week, and so little is happening right now. We are all just sitting on our hands, feeling a… Read more »
Apple case stays in the Big Apple
Rotten news for Apple: Judge Denise Cote has denied the request to postpone the U.S. vs Apple case again, and will not move the case outside her New York court… Read more »
Once more into the breach, dear friends: Apple’s next antitrust trial begins July 14
U.S. v. Apple is the trial that never ends. It goes on and on, my friends. Well, not U.S. v. Apple exactly—Apple is still waiting on an appeal of the… Read more »
Al Franken is to Comcast as who is to publishing?
Over the weekend, Ashley Parker of The New York Times reported that Senator Al Franken has been speaking out against the Comcast-NBC Universal merger. It’s not unheard of to move… Read more »
Penguin Random House UK launches My Independent Bookshop, or Bookish UK
Yesterday, Penguin Random House UK launched My Independent Bookshop, “a new reader recommendation platform allowing book lovers to set up a virtual bookshop, share their favourite reads and discover, recommend… Read more »
The antitrust payouts have begun: Amazon users get ebook refunds
Yesterday, Amazon’s winning streak continued. As part of an antitrust settlement, Amazon customers who bought books from Hachette, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, and Penguin were given a refund of $3.17 per New York… Read more »