Sandwiched between the concluding testimony of one of the defense’s expert witnesses and the initial testimony of a second expert for Apple was Barnes & Noble’s vp, digital content Theresa Horner. As a witness for Apple, she was called to show that the bookseller had already been contemplating alternatives to the wholesale model as early as April 2009, before they launched their ebookselling business. (Horner’s earlier deposition was introduced into court as direct testimony; what transpired Tuesday was cross-examination and redirect.) The company understood, per an internal ebook pricing document brought to attention by Apple’s Orin Snyder, that “in the […]
