E-Books

ABA will be at this fall’s Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association trade show to offer educational programming, meet with booksellers about their concerns, and share updates on ABA’s programs and initiatives.

On Wednesday, August 22, the Department of Justice filed a reply memorandum with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in which it dismissed arguments made in the latest round of filings regarding the proposed e-book pricing settlement with Hachette, HarperCollins, and Simon & Schuster.

The IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page has been updated with two promotions starting September 1.

Three promotions, underway now, were added to the IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page this week.

Recently added to the IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page are birthday promotions for Charles Bukowski and Georgette Heyer and a free YA suspense sampler.

On July 31, the American Booksellers Association and Barnes & Noble filed a motion petitioning the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to allow them to submit an amicus brief in regard to the Department of Justice's' (DOJ) proposed consent decree affecting publishers' pricing of e-books and the agency model.

The IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page has been updated this week with two promotions underway now or starting soon.

On Monday, July 23, the Department of Justice posted the 868 public comments received during the comment period for the proposed consent decree with three of the five publishers involved in its civil suit regarding the agency model. Also posted on the DOJ website was the government’s response to the public comments.

In an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, New York Senator Charles Schumer, a Democrat, called on the Department of Justice to drop its lawsuit against Apple and five major publishers for allegedly colluding to raise prices on e-books.

The IndieCommerce Publisher Promotions page has been updated with seven promotions underway now or starting soon.