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brooklynite

(94,502 posts)
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 03:24 PM Jun 2016

E-Book Buyers to Start Receiving Credits on Tuesday as Part of Apple Price Fixing Settlement

Source: Mac Rumors

Starting on Tuesday, June 21, U.S. customers who purchased e-books from Apple and other retailers like Amazon and Barnes & Noble will begin receiving payouts from the $450 million settlement Apple agreed to pay after being found guilty of conspiring to fix the prices of e-books.

Customers will be receiving a $6.93 credit for each book that was a New York Times bestseller, and a $1.57 credit for other e-books. Customers eligible for credits include those who purchased e-books between April 1, 2010 and May 21, 2012.

Attorneys say the process is uniquely simple for consumers -- credits will be automatically sent directly into the accounts of consumers at major book retailers, including Amazon.com Inc., Barnes & Noble Inc., Kobo Inc. and Apple. Retailers will issue emails and put the credits in the accounts simultaneously.

If e-book purchasers requested a check in lieu of a credit, they will receive a check. If purchasers received a credit during the first round of distribution of publisher settlements, and they did not opt out, they will automatically receive a credit.

Read more: http://www.macrumors.com/2016/06/20/apple-price-fixing-ebook-credits/

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E-Book Buyers to Start Receiving Credits on Tuesday as Part of Apple Price Fixing Settlement (Original Post) brooklynite Jun 2016 OP
I purchased a lot of e-books in that 2-year span. herding cats Jun 2016 #1
Me too! Freddie Jun 2016 #2
I should get a few hundred dollars back! herding cats Jun 2016 #5
Amazon... KK9 Jun 2016 #10
$186.67 from Amazon here. herding cats Jun 2016 #12
I wonder if applies to audiobooks sakabatou Jun 2016 #3
Wow BumRushDaShow Jun 2016 #4
I purchased more than 150. herding cats Jun 2016 #6
Cha-ching! BumRushDaShow Jun 2016 #8
Bought quite a few on both Amazon and Apple. Interesting. emulatorloo Jun 2016 #7
Wow. I've purchased literally hundreds of ebooks in the last several years. Codeine Jun 2016 #9
I got an email from Amazon ... JoePhilly Jun 2016 #11

herding cats

(19,564 posts)
5. I should get a few hundred dollars back!
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 11:37 PM
Jun 2016

I'm usually a voracious reader. Not as much these past few years, but back then I was for sure!

KK9

(81 posts)
10. Amazon...
Tue Jun 21, 2016, 03:05 PM
Jun 2016

$48 just landed in my Amazon account for this. Do not know which books it covered, but I bought quite a few eBooks during that period of time, many on sale.

BumRushDaShow

(128,844 posts)
8. Cha-ching!
Tue Jun 21, 2016, 04:50 AM
Jun 2016


I have a pile beyond those dates and the rest have been coming from free public domain sites like Guttenberg.
 

Codeine

(25,586 posts)
9. Wow. I've purchased literally hundreds of ebooks in the last several years.
Tue Jun 21, 2016, 08:00 AM
Jun 2016

Many of them were on sale, however. Those may not count.

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