Sentences with phrase «against major publishers»

But I've harbored a grudge against the major publishers ever since the late»90s when they couldn't be bothered to adjust their e-book prices on Fictionwise and Peanut Press downward when the book in question passed from hardcover to paperback.

Libraries simply do not have enough leverage against major publishers and retailers to improve this situation in the private sector.

The Department of Justice, urged on by Amazon, filed suit against the major publishers claiming that they worked together to fix prices artificially high.

Not exact matches

U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled expanded criminal charges against three men in connection with a massive 2014 cyberattack against JPMorgan Chase & Co and the hacking of several other major financial companies and financial news publishers.

Major commercial publishers, particularly Elsevier, have fought against government mandates for OA publication of publicly funded research.

The biggest losers in betting against the Switch are major third party publishers.

But it turns out that I am woefully out of date: according to The Language Police, the sensitivity guidelines for one major publisher warn against paying too much attention to figures like Harriet Tubman (along with Martin Luther King, Jackie Robinson, and George Washington Carver), because they are «acceptable to the European - American establishment.»

With the help and cooperation of fifteen major anime production companies and manga publishers, the Japanese government started a huge extermination operation against 580, and counting, foreign sites which have illegally uploaded anime and manga contents on the web without the copyright holder's permission.

And our tiny voices seem dwarfed when major media outlets (with the approval or backing of publishers) trumpet their one - sided screeds against Indie and self - pubbers.

The term «agency pricing» may not be familiar to those outside the book industry, but it has become a serious issue with the Justice Department's antitrust case against Apple and five major book publishers for colluding on prices as a defensive move against Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN).

AG is not known for a reputation of supporting self - published authors, and some commenters see this as a move to provide a cheaper, faster solution for bigger authors and major publishers who want to get swift take - down notices against indie authors who still don't have the means to defend themselves.

They are rebelling against what they believe to be unfair compensation and contract terms from major publishers.

Three major textbook publishers have filed a subpoena against Amazon Marketplace resellers for counterfeit materials.

Do you have anything that demonstrates that there is a conspiracy against electronics from major publishers?

As Hachette sales suffered, major authors led by Stephen King and Scott Turow, many of whom were not associated with the publisher, joined the fight against Amazon, characterizing it as a monopoly that had to be stopped.

Most Kindle Nation Daily readers are aware that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a major antitrust lawsuit against Apple and the five original «agency model» publishers charging them with a massive price - fixing conspiracy in violation of federal law.

Small publisher Stinging Fly Press will compete against the major houses for the # 10,000 Guardian FIrst Book Award.

The Justice Department of the US has been on a crusade against Apple and the major publishers on eBook prices.

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Seven years ago, the Authors Guild and several major publishers (including McGraw Hill, Penguin, and John Wiley) filed suit against Google for its unauthorized scanning of in - copyright books.

Which, of course, is why the entire Establishment — Big Publishers, bookstores, agents, Big Name Authors, distributors, major periodicals (which benefit from publisher advertising), et al. — have aligned themselves loudly against Amazon.

The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Apple and five major U.S. publishers in April 2012, accusing them of conspiring to fix prices for e-books.

The others [the major publishing houses] have a lot of capabilities, but they're in a race against time to develop additional distribution among them to match what PRH will be able to create or, alternatively, to change what they are from a general trade publisher to a multi-niche publisher with * strong * community capabilities that can be leveraged for other business models.

Given that both the content guys (major publishers, record labels, film studios) and the retailers (iTunes, Amazon, etc.) are dead set against Digital First Sale, you can bet that it ain't gonna happen anytime soon.

Standing ovations to the Winners and Finalists — many of the books they were competing against were published by major publishers — almost 2,000 entries in 40 plus categories.

Click here for the 36 - page complaint filed today by the Department of Justice against Apple and five major publishers charged with conspiring to fix e-book prices.

Judge Denise Cote dismissed two publishers» claims of contributory infringement and inducement inAbbey House Media v. Apple Inc., one of the many cases to come out of the antitrust litigation against Apple and a handful of major publishers.

In the publishing world, it is a way of «protecting» digital books against copyright infringement and piracy, which have been a major concern to publishers since the advent of the Internet.

You may have heard that the Department of Justice decided to launch antitrust litigation against Apple and some major publishers for alleged price fixing and that most of them decided on the same day to settle.

Most of us envision the typical indie game development process as one of a struggling individual set up against the odds of major publishers, and tyring to eek out that -LSB-...]

The biggest losers in betting against the Switch are major third party publishers.

This all centers around the voice actor strike currently taking place, where SAG - AFTRA is striking against the major AAA publishers over residuals and other conditions.

In court proceedings in 2013 against Apple (Case 1:12 - cv -02826-DLC, United States of America v Apple Inc, et al), a US federal judge ruled that the price - matching provision in Apple's contracts with five major book publishers, was part of a scheme to fix e-book prices.

The case involved a lawsuit brought by the Justice Department against major online publishers, including Apple, alleging price - fixing in regard to e-books.

The term «agency pricing» may not be familiar to those outside the book industry, but it has become a serious issue with the Justice Department's antitrust case against Apple (s aapl) and five major book publishers for colluding on prices as a defensive move against Amazon (s amzn).