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]…
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Michael Cader is the creator of Publishers Lunch and PublishersMarketplace.comJudge Finds 5 Cases of Infringement In Georgia State Fair Use Case, But Dismisses All Other Counts
Judge Orinda Evans of the Northern District of Georgia published her 350-page ruling late Friday on the closely-watched copyright infringement case originally brought in 2008 against Georgia State University by Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, and SAGE Publications. (Actual costs were shared by the Copyright Clearance Center and the…
Houghton Plans Pre-Packaged Bankruptcy and Restructuring to Eliminate Over $3 Billion In Debt
After months of reports that Houghton Mifflin Harcourt was preparing a second major restructuring of its debt load (and multiple warnings from rating services), the company announced Friday morning they have a "high level of support" from their lenders and bondholders for a pre-packaged bankruptcy and financial restructuring. The proposal…
People: Gilbert Moves from Sterling Children's to Doubleday, and More
As part of the continuing demise of Sterling, veteran children's book editor Frances Gilbert will leave her position as vp, publisher of Sterling Children's to join Random House Children’s Books as editorial director, Doubleday, starting June 18. Gilbert will report to vp, publishing director of the Random House/Golden Books Young…
Tattered Cover One Step Away from Airport Stores; Politics & Prose Travels
A Denver City Council committee unanimously sent to the mayor and full council for approval the proposal to give the Tattered Cover the concession for four bookstores under their own name and one combined store paired with Hudson News at the Denver International Airport. The stores would open in early…
Dear DOJ: Agents Speak Out
The 13-member board of the Association of Authors Representatives has sent a letter to the Department of Justice opposing the proposed agency ebook pricing settlement with Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, and Simon & Schuster. In a separate email, the AAR called on members "to express their views on the settlement…
Google Launches eBooks In Italy, and More eNews
Google's first ebookstore in a non-English-speaking country is a bit of a surprise, with the company launching Google Play with ebooks in Italy on Tuesday. The other global players are not particularly established in the Italian market already. The Kindle store launched there in December 2011, and the iBookstore opened…
Christian Literary Agency Alive Communications Launches ePublishing Company, Bondfire
Leading literary agency for Christian and inspirational books Alive Communications has announced a separate "sister" epublishing enterprise, Bondfire Books. In the vein of Diversion Books (Scott Waxman), Bedford Square Books (Ed Victor), Paperless Publishing (Objective Entertainment), and Rosetta Books (Arthur Klebanoff), Bondfire is a standalone epublishing company. Following the model…
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