We recall that the Government of United States opened an investigation this year to find out if Apple had reached an agreement with the big publishing houses in the country with the aim of fixing the prices of their electronic books, published in the iBooks platform.
Three publishers, Hachette Book Group, Simon & Schuster and HarperCollons, decided to reach an agreement with the Government and compensate customers of iBooks and the Amazon. For this reason, announced that three large companies will create a joint fund of $ 69 million to compensate the users affected by trading in the pricing of books. For its part, Apple and the publishers Macmillan and Pearson's and Penguin decided to go ahead with the trial you will have to submit with the U.S. Government.
Located in a United States users who have purchased iBooks or Amazon digital books between April 1, 2010 and may 21, 2012, will opt to receive credit in their accounts as compensation for publishers. This single credit may be exchanged for new materials from Apple and Amazon stores.
It is a win for customers, but will have to wait until the trial ends in February of the year coming so to unlock this Fund of $ 69 million.
