It was a momentous week, as the the US Dept. of Justice (DOJ) moved to sue Apple and five trade book houses for price-fixing on e-books, settling the charges with three publishers. “It is important to note that this case was never about the agency model; it is about how these five publishers got to the agency model," explains Andrew Albanese, Publishers Weekly features editor.
Also from Washington comes An American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama. PW reviews editor Rose Fox calls it, “a layered, scrupulously researched, and wrenching chronicle of First Lady Michelle Obama’s ancestry. New York Times reporter Rachel L. Swarns takes readers to South Carolina rice plantations, small Georgia farms, and the industrial magnets of Birmingham and Chicago.”
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