The U.S. hit Apple Inc. and five of the nation's largest publishers with an antitrust lawsuit over the fast-growing e-book market, alleging they conspired to raise prices and block Amazon.com Inc. from selling e-books at $9.99.
Three of the publishers settled the U.S. suit and agreed to let Amazon and other retailers set the consumer price of e-books, upending the model that had led the price of many best-selling e-books to rise to $12.99 or $14.99. A separate settlement with states could lead to tens of millions of dollars in restitution
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Worldwide Tablet Sales Seen Doubling This Year
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Worldwide sales of tablets are expected to reach 118.9 million units this year, nearly doubling last year's 60 million units. That's according to research released this week by research firm Gartner.
