Now updated since the verdict with the latest information and analysis of what the guilty finding means for Apple, the industry and consumers.
Little did Apple know when it introduced the iPad in 2010 that it would be setting itself up to land in federal court on price-fixing charges. This blow-by-blow account charts how five of America’s six largest publishers, afraid that bookselling powerhouse Amazon's $9.99 price for Kindle e-books would undermine the industry, spent a few frantic weeks in early 2010 deep in negotiations with Apple to introduce a new business model for e-books, just in time for the launch of the iPad and the iBookstore. The catch is, a federal judged ruled they broke the law.
From Publishers Weekly senior writer Andrew Richard Albanese comes the story of how the e-book business changed in a heartbeat. Based on live testimony and voluminous evidence gathered for Apple's trial, it is the story of how corporate titans fought it out behind the scenes and why the case matters to anyone who has ever bought an e-book.
The Battle of $9.99 is PW's first e-book, and was produced by Vook.
Available at:
Amazon (Kindle)
Apple (iBookstore)
Barnes & Noble (NOOK)
Vook (DRM-free .ePub)
