Publisher Settles in E-book Price Fixing Case

18.05.2012
Another publisher has settled with the states in a case involving e-book price fixing.

Simon & Schuster has agreed to work out with 29 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico in an antitrust lawsuit that alleges the publisher participated in a conspiracy to fix e-book prices in 2010.

Simon & Schuster joins Hachette and HarperCollins in agreeing to settle with the states. Two publishers, Macmillan and Penguin, as well as Apple, are continuing to litigate the case.

No details of the settlement were released, which court documents suggest is still being hammered out. A dismissal memo states that Simon & Schuster intends to enter into a settlement agreement that will be filed with the federal district court hearing the case.

In similar antitrust by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the three publishers also agreed to a . The publishers agreed to:

In addition to the lawsuits by the DOJ and states, a against the publishers and Apple. Apple and the publishers moved to get that lawsuit dismissed this week, but the judge hearing that case rejected the motion.