Sentences with phrase «fix ebook prices for»

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For authors who want to sell eBooks and downloads, we've added a fixed $ 1.49 base price to cover our credit card processing and hosting expenses.

The trends in other industries will affect consumer expectations in publishing — and in small ways, it already has, with a movement geared to opening copyrighted works to the public, and the US Department of Justice suing all of the «big six» and Apple for price fixing (iBookstore prices differ widely from Amazon's), which will likely give Amazon the upper hand in setting ebook prices in the long run.

Yup, let's force «proper» publishers to fix their prices at $ 14.99 (no discount) for ebooks and $ 19.99 print books.

Then often the ebook price is just 2 - 3 Euros lower then than the price for the hardcover book, later when you can buy the paperback it is usually cheaper than the ebook, because that was priced after the hardcover and since book prices are fixed, it usually can not be changed easily.

The Obama - administration DOJ should have targeted that for investigation and not the ridiculous claim that Apple, with at that time 0 % of the ebook market, was engaging in price fixing while Amazon, with 90 % of that market wasn't.

I.e. a special legislation that sets a mandatory reasonably (fixed) price for ebooks that libraries use, and a provision that publishers can not refuse to supply to libraries.

On the other hand, ebooks have to be fix in price for all book sellers because * drum roll * they are books.

But as we've seen recently with the price fixing «scandal» publishers still hold the keys to the content castle for eBooks.

One last fact: Even after the price - fixing issue called «agency pricing» is settled and over, nothing prevents publishers from charging Apple and Amazon and any other ebook channel that comes online between now and forever, whatever price they want for an ebook.

Macmillan wants dictate ebook prices for end customers (in other words, no discounting by resellers) and will treat its resellers as «agents» who get a fixed 30 % of the sale.

When using any distributor, you should make sure that you adhere to the Fixed Price Law, which means your book must be available for the same price on all German sales channels (this will be easy on German ebook distributors, but you have to pay attention when using Smashwords, for instaPrice Law, which means your book must be available for the same price on all German sales channels (this will be easy on German ebook distributors, but you have to pay attention when using Smashwords, for instaprice on all German sales channels (this will be easy on German ebook distributors, but you have to pay attention when using Smashwords, for instance).

(For those who follow industry news, it was the launch of Apple iBooks — and its agency pricing model — that ultimately led to the Department of Justice lawsuit that accused Apple and the Big Five publishers of ebook price fixing.)

Germany also has a policy of fixed prices for books, considering them to be a «cultural good», meaning ebooks could not be marketed as price aggressively as in Britain or the US, she said.

Some early estimates that have come out of the price fixing allegations between Apple and five of the Big Six publishers state that consumers overpaid for their ebooks by as much as a total of $ 250 million; all fifty states and the US commonwealths and territories are named in the class action suit to recover some of that overspending.

The article hastened to point out that the Big Six and Apple are being investigated on two continents for reports of ebook price fixing in an effort to oust bookselling giant Amazon, a purported arrangement that, if true, backfired in a monumental way.

In The Netherlands there is no fixed book price for ebooks but ALL ebook stores sell the books for the same price, and that is at the publisher's suggested retail price and therefore defacto a fixed book price for ebooks.

Certain digital content is distributed under an agency pricing model in which the publishers set fixed prices for eBooks and NOOK receives a fixed commission on content sold through the eBookstore.

Apple was criticized for not taking the judge's ruling lying down when it came time to a $ 200 + million verdict against it in the DOJ ebook pricing fixing lawsuit, despite the fact that the amount was less than one percent of its cash on hand.

It's important for listeners to know a bit about the background, because across Europe, many countries, including France as well as Germany, have national laws that mandate fixed prices for books, including ebooks.

When major publishers came together to fix the prices of ebooks to develop a standard of pricing, the European Commission and Justice Department smote them for collusion.

Apple and five of the Big Six publishers are still undergoing a Department of Justice investigation into an alleged price fixing agreement in order to muscle out Amazon's 90 % control of the ebook market in 2010, just in time for the iPad to make its way to the market.

The USA Justice Department has sued Apple and a number of publishers for price fixing ebooks.

In some positive news for publishers Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins, who have been dealing with the shift in the ebook market and the litigation settlements in the Apple price fixing case brought on by the Department of Justice, the publishers announced a partnership with Worldreader to bring their titles to... [Read more...]

While publishers are the ones who set the price of digital editions of children's books, it's disconcerting that a fixed - page children's ebook costs so prohibitively more than some of the app books that smaller publishers are developing for children that include such features as human - narration, highlighted read along text, touch - screen word pronunciation and foreground spelling, interactive word games, and more.

Now that agency ebooks have a fixed price, you've got to hand it to Kobo for coming up with new promotions to keep things interesting.

Statement by Joaquin Almunia, vice president of European Commission responsible for competition policy, on settlement of eBook price - fixing lawsuit with Apple, Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster.

Class - action law firm Hagens Berman's seeking more plaintiffs for its lawsuit against Apple and five publishers over illegal ebook price - fixing.

So publishers are fixing the price in stone and EU officials don't like it, even though the French Competition Authority said in 2009 that the agency model was «a possible solution» for pricing ebooks.

Once the law passes, both print books and ebooks will be sold for a single, fixed price across all sales channels.

Germany will soon finalize fixed prices for ebooks, but questions remain about how this will affect sales models and ebook adoption.

When an agency model publisher fixes a low price for a backlist title like these, the publishing is putting itself in a position to learn a great deal about pricing, sales, and profitability in the ebook world.

I've felt for a long time that what authors (agents) should work toward is a fixed amount - per - copy - sold as an ebook royalty and just get out of the percentages business on ebooks, which, as we know, can have their prices change on a frequent basis.

A fixed $ 10 price point would certainly be good for Amazon's ebook business, but it would take a shark - sized bite out of the market for hot new bestsellers, which is trade book publishing's single most profitable area.

Apple has settled out of court with the 33 US states and territories that had been seeking up to $ 840m in damages for its ebook price - fixing shenanigans.

The potential publisher has to consider fix prices for ebooks and CEB, a domestic Chinese ebook format.

McQuivey said the Department of Justice action against Apple and five publishers charged with eBook price - fixing put an end to «Apple's hope for ever becoming an alternative refuge for publishers to run to» and «certainly made it clear that Apple is not going to be a contender in the publishing world — at least not given current circumstances, devices and customer relationships.»

Apple Fined $ 450 Million for eBook Price Fixing Apple launched its iBooks -LSB-...]

Thanks for fixing the common error about Kindle ebook prices before agency pricing (not all were below $ 9.99)

To me that they managed to keep things at the price fixed level for ebooks and protected the paper book ecosystem

Fabula offers access to a vast selection of recently published ebooks for fixed price per month.

Sänger said the draft law could force booksellers to sell ebooks to users in all EU countries, and that requirement to serve the EU's wide range of taxation levels, fixed prices, and other constraints would be too costly for many booksellers to bear.

Just four days after a federal judge approved the Department of Justice's settlement with HarperCollins, Hachette and Simon & Schuster for allegedly colluding with Apple to fix ebook prices, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Google and other ebook retailers have already begun discounting HarperCollins ebooks.

Apple has blasted Department of Justice suggestions for how it should remedy the ebook price fixing issue, describing the fixes as a «draconian and punitive intrusion» into its business.

In April, the Department of Justice sued Apple (s AAPL) and five book publishers for allegedly colluding to fix ebook prices.

Amazon (AMZN) used to set the prices people paid for ebooks, but, thanks to an illegal price fixing conspiracy, they lost most of that power to publishers.

A new set of proposed remedies suggested by the DoJ in the Apple ebook price - fixing case has tempered some of the issues the Cupertino firm complained about, but the agency maintains Apple should face tough penalties for continuing to deny any wrongdoing.

Apple, publishers, Amazon, and ebooks» future: The ebook industry absorbed a blow this week when the U.S. Department of Justice sued Apple and five of the largest book publishers for antitrust violations involving price - fixing for ebooks.

JS: Since the fixed book price law has been applied to ebooks for years, there is no change to be expected.

For an in - depth legal position such as an ebook price fixing case, 1250 words is very little so if you have the ability why not harness the power of a picture being worth 1000 words and submit the equivalent of a 11250 word brief?