Most expensive e-books in SA cost more than a car
If you thought hardcovers and textbooks were expensive, take a look at these ridiculously pricey electronic books from Kalahari
Apple to pay for e-book price-fixing
Apple will pay up to $400 million to compensate consumers for illegal price-fixing conspiracy for electronic books
Apple settles e-book price-fixing lawsuit
Apple has reached an out of court settlement with plaintiffs that accused it of price-fixing on e-books, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
E-book adoption in SA “limited”: PwC
High bandwidth costs, low access to e-readers and choking e-commerce legislation will keep South Africa’s adoption of e-book technology “limited” for the next five years.
Apple restricted in e-book antitrust case
A US judge who found Apple conspired to fix e-book prices imposed new restrictions on the company, limiting its agreements with publishers.
Apple request to drop e-book ruling denied
A judge has refused a request by Apple to temporarily suspend her ruling that it violated antitrust laws by conspiring with publishers to raise electronic book prices in 2010
Apple guilty of price-fixing collusion: US judge
A US federal judge ruled that the company conspired with five major publishers to raise e-book prices.
Apple conspired with e-book publishers: US
Apple conspired with publishers in a scheme costing consumers “hundreds of millions of dollars,” a U.S. government lawyer said
Apple goes to trial over e-books price-fixing
Apple goes to trial over allegations by federal and state authorities that it conspired with publishers to raise the price of e-books.
Despite having to already comply with silly South African censorship requirements from the FPB, now those foreign businesses who want to sell e-books, music and other digital goods will have to register as VAT vendors in South Africa.
http://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/2013-budget-speech...
Number of e-book readers on the rise
Survey shows the popularity of electronic books is increasing in the US, with nearly one-quarter of American bibliophiles reading e-books
Apple, publishers offer to end anti-trust probe
Major publishers, along with Apple, have offered online e-book sources an agreement to end the EU anti-trust probe
Apple and publishers nearing e-book settlement
The Justice Department could reach a settlement in the next few weeks with Apple Inc and some of the major publishers suspected of colluding to push up electronic book prices, according to two people close to the negotiations.
E-book readers are popping up left right and centre and with even governments releasing their reports in e-book formats, the lifespan of paper as we know it may be coming under threat.
The Kindle was recently challenged by the Nook, an e-book reader released by book publisher Barnes and Noble...
Google to start selling electronic books
Google on Tuesday said it will soon begin selling electronic books that people can read on any Internet-connected device including Apple's hot-selling iPad tablet computers.