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<title>Email reveals e-book talk between Steve Jobs, James Murdoch</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/05/15/indicates.apple.was.pushing.for.prices.higher.than.amazon/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1368670300_ibooks3-ipad.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[US Department of Justice filings in the &lt;A href="http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/05/15/bench.trial.is.set.to.begin.on.june.3.apple.says.no.collusion/"&gt;e-book price-fixing case against Apple&lt;/a&gt; reveal an exchange between former Apple CEO Steve Jobs and News Corporation/HarperCollins' James Murdoch, notes &lt;em&gt;AllThingsD&lt;/em&gt;....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 02:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>To avoid EU antitrust case, Penguin offers to drop deals with Apple</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/04/19/marks.end.to.european.investigation/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1366389457_ibooks3-ipad.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[In order to end an antitrust investigation by the European Commission, Pearson-owned book publisher Penguin has offered to drop e-book deals with Apple that inflated prices for Amazon and other vendors, &lt;em&gt;Reuters&lt;/em&gt; reports.  Penguin is the fifth publisher to settle, joining Simon &amp; Schuster, HarperCollins, Hachette, and Macmillian, which along with Apple re...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Amazon-Goodreads deal quashed Apple iBookstore plans, say sources</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/04/18/buyout.offer.nixed.goodreads.integration.into.ibookstore/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1364504265_goodreads-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Amazon's &lt;A href="http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/28/service.brings.300000.book.clubs.16.million.users.plus.reviews/"&gt;buyout of Goodreads&lt;/a&gt; in late March also had the effect of derailing Apple plans for the iBookstore, say &lt;em&gt;Wall Street Journal&lt;/em&gt; sources. During the past year, Apple and Goodreads reportedly discuss...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple urges developers to localize, opens Chinese Support forum</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/04/12/pushes.localization.for.app.store.ibookstore.titles/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn4.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1362501643_ibooks-japan.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple has sent out a memo to developers this week, urging them to localize Mac and iOS apps as well as titles on the iBookstore, notes &lt;em&gt;AppleInsider&lt;/em&gt;.  The message is being delivered through iTunes Connect, and points out that both the iOS and Mac App Stores are accessible in 155 countries and 40 languages.  "In addition, the App Store editorial team is alwa...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tim Cook ordered to testify in e-book antitrust lawsuit</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn1.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1355964173_TIME-Cook-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[CEO Tim Cook has been ordered to testify in the Department of Justice's antitrust case against Apple, &lt;em&gt;Reuters&lt;/em&gt; reports.  US District Judge Denise Cote has asked Cook to provide four hours of testimony, fulfilling requests by prosecutors, who have argued that the executive likely has relevant knowledge of Apple's 2010 entry into e-books with the iBookstore.  Appl...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>iBookstore Twitter account retweets 'obscene' post</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/03/11/some.twitter.users.complain/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn2.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1346856574_ibooks-logo.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple's official &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/ibookstore"&gt;iBookstore Twitter account&lt;/a&gt; accidentally retweeted and favorited a potentially offensive post on Sunday night, says &lt;em&gt;9to5Mac&lt;/em&gt;.  "Let me suck a ____ and tell you how much I love introspective novels," the original message read.  Although the post quickly di...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>iBooks 3.1 brings full iBookstore to Japan</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1362501643_ibooks-japan.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple has released &lt;a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ibooks/id364709193?mt=8"&gt;iBooks&lt;/a&gt; 3.1 for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch.  While a minor update in most countries, v3.1 is the first to bring the full iBookstore to Japan.  Previously, only public domain books were available in the country; now though the store has a variety of paid titles, includ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple now sole party fighting US DoJ e-book lawsuit</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/02/08/macmillan.reaches.settlement.with.government/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1355415525_ibooks3-ipad.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The US Department of Justice has settled with publisher Macmillan in a long-running e-book price-fixing lawsuit, says &lt;em&gt;AllThingsD&lt;/em&gt;.  "Under the proposed settlement agreement, Macmillan will immediately lift restrictions it has imposed on discounting and other promotions by e-book retailers and will be prohibited until December 2014 from entering into new agr...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple planning to launch paid Japanese iBooks in 2013</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/01/02/talks.still.ongoing.with.major.japanese.publishers/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1355415525_ibooks3-ipad.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple should finally launch paid titles at the Japanese iBookstore sometime this year, according to sources for &lt;Em&gt;AllThingsD&lt;/em&gt;.  The company is reportedly negotiating with several Japanese publishers, such as Kodansha, Shogakukan, and Kadokawa.  Talks are said to be making progress, and agreements may be completed soon.  Allegedly, though, a launch won't happen as ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple 'Best of 2012' markets apps, movies, music, books</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1355435377_moonrisekingdom.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple has unveiled its annual Best Of list for 2012, which promotes content the company is selling through the iTunes Store, the App Store, and the iBookstore.  The Best Album, for instance, is &lt;A href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/shields/id557858458"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Shields&lt;/em&gt; by Grizzly Bear&lt;/a&gt;; Best Director is claimed by Wes Anders...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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