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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...

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Magabala Books honoured at regional community awardsIndigenous publisher Magabala Books was recently honoured at the 2011 Western Australian Regional and Community Achievement Awards. The publisher wa...

Colin Roderick Award shortlist announced

The shortlist for this year's Colin Roderick Award has been announced. The shortlisted titles are:Singing Saltwater Country: Journey to the Songlines of Carpentaria (John Bradley & Yanyuwa Fa...

Macmillan leaves many African countries

Macmillan Education is moving its business out of a number of African countries and offering others for sale in the wake of a bribery case that saw the multinational company hit with a multi-million P...

Macmillan fined £11.3 million over African bribes

Macmillan Publishers has been fined more than £11 million for 'unlawful conduct' related to its education wing in east and west Africa. The publisher was under investigation following a repor...

Macmillan to sell stake in Indian tech firm

Macmillan is set to sell its majority stake in Indian-based digital services company MPS.

Macmillan faces World Bank ban over Sudanese 'bribery' claims

Macmillan has admitted making 'bribery payments' to secure a deal to print textbooks in South Sudan.

Macmillan CEO on ebook pricing

Macmillan US CEO John Sargent has blogged about Macmillan's pricing policy for ebooks and the 'agency model' it will adopt in order to better control pricing.

Macmillan announces interactive textbook platform

Macmillan US has launched a new textbook platform-- Dynamic Books -- that will allow content to be altered and customised, and delivered as ebooks or print-on-demand.

Amazon/Macmillan stand-off ends; Hachette to adopt 'agency model' for ebooks

It took a week to resolve the stand-off, but 'buy' buttons for Macmillan US titles have now returned to Amazon following the resolution of a dispute over the pricing of ebooks in Amazon's Kindle store...
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