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EU opens investigation into ebooks
The European Commission has announced it has opened formal antitrust proceedings to investigate whether publishers Hachette Livre, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Penguin and Holtzbrinck 'have,...
EU Competition Commission to investigate Apple agency pricing agreements
The European Union (EU) Competition Commission has launched a formal antitrust investigation into agency pricing agreements for ebooks between Apple and five major international publishers. The commis...
German bookseller launches own ereader
Germany's largest bookseller Thalia is the latest retailer to join the ereader market, launching its Oyo ereader this week. The device will sell for €139 (approx A$195) in Thalia stores in G...
Will Europe's 3 million orphan works ever be digitised?
Differences in copyright laws are only one of the barriers to digitising Europe's estimated three million 'orphan works', according to Publishing Perspectives.
New European report on top authors, translations
European book-trade watcher Ruediger Wischenbart has released his latest reports on the 50 top-performing authors in Europe and an analysis of translations of fiction across 15 markets.
Google adds non-US representatives on settlement board
In a move seemingly designed to appease growing objections from Europe, Google has announced that it will allow two representatives from non-US countries to sit on the board deciding the outcome of th...
EU seeks to ease digital rights restrictions
The European Union is seeking to ease restrictions on access to digital material caused by differing laws in different countries, with the aim of making access to out-of-print and orphan works easier ...
Kindle to launch in Europe next week
Amazon's Kindle e-reader is set to launch in Europe next week.
Europe moves against Google settlement
Opposition to the proposed Google settlement is growing in Europe, with widespread opposition among French publishers; and the German government, supported by national collection societies in Germany,...
EU to consult authors and publishers on Google Settlement
European Union regulators are to ask publishers and authors about how they think Google's book-scanning programme will affect European copyright.
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