As expected would happen, Simon & Schuster signed a memorandum of understanding with the original group of state attorneys general who filed suit against the company as part of the action over ebook pricing. That memo was executed May 10, the parties told Federal Judge Denise Cote in a motion…
Awards: Rea Award to Baxter; Carnegie Nominates Lauded Authors
The twenty-fifth Rea Award for the Short Story has gone to Charles Baxter. The prize recognizes a US or Canadian writer who has "made a significant contribution to the discipline of the short story as an art form." Baxter's works include six published collections of stories. The jurors wrote (in…
Burkle to Reallocate His Barnes & Noble Stock
Barnes & Noble's stock was having a rough day in Thursday morning trading and then briefly plunged in the afternoon following an SEC filing by large shareholder Ron Burkle. What he reported to the SEC is that two of the entities he controls--Yucaipa American Alliance Fund II and Yucaipa American…
eNews: CreateSpace Allows Authors To Distribute Into Amazon Europe Sites For Free; Kobo Will Sell Harry Potter eBooks; and More
Amazon's print-on-demand service CreateSpace will now allow self-published authors to distribute their books into Germany, Italy, France, Spain, and the UK for free through the company's websites in those countries. "We are very excited to offer our members the option to distribute their books on Amazon sites in Europe. By…
Judge Cote Rejects Motions to Dismiss Agency Class Action Suit; Shows Sympathy for the Plaintiffs
US District Judge Denise Cote formally denied motions by the five agency publishers and Apple to dismiss the class action suit on behalf of ebook consumers over the alleged conspiracy to raise ebook prices via the agency model. The ruling was not unexpected, given the relatively low standards of "stat[ing]…
Responses to the Georgia State University Fair Use Ruling
A number of plaintiffs and interested parties have responded Monday to last week's ruling in the Georgia State University e-reserves lawsuit that found 5 instances of infringement but otherwise dismissed more than 64 instances, and AAP president Tom Allen and the organization's lead attorney in the case Bruce Rich convened…
Legal Briefs: 17 More States Join Amended eBook Pricing Complaint; 'Godfather' Sequel Proceeds in Escrow; and More
Late last week 16 more states, as well as the District of Columbia, joined the amended ebook pricing complaint against Apple and the 'Agency Five' publishers, bringing the number of states involved in the lawsuit to 32. Texas and Connecticut initially filed the complaint at the same time as the…
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