Mukupedzisira, Apple yaive nemhosva yekutongwa kwayakapomerwa rangana nevaparidzi vashanu kuti uwedzere mutengo weeBooks paunoda, e-mabhuku. Mutengo wakatarwa mudare iri unosvika mazana mana emamiriyoni emadhora uye unokurudzirwa nemutongo weSecond Court weKukwidza, wakapa chikonzero kudare repasi richipomera kambani yeapuro yakarumwa yekugadzira rangano nevaparidzi uye nenzira iyi bvisa makwikwi nee-mabhuku.
Izvi zvinoreva kuti mutengi wekirasi chiito chekumhan'arira chakatemerwa paApple yekuwedzera kwemutengo paEbooks kukunda, uye pakupedzisira ivo ndivo vanozopatsanura huwandu nekuda kwekuwedzera kwemutengo pamabhuku avakatenga. Parizvino mamwe mazita evaparidzi vakarangana naApple anozivikanwa, aya akange akatsanangurwa nemutongo weUnited States department reJustice: Penguin Group Inc, Simon & Schuster Inc, weCBS Corp naMacmillan, weVerlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH, Hachette Book Group Inc, weLagardere SCA; HarperCollins Vaparidzi LLC, yeNhau Corp.
Isu tiri pachena kuti uyu mutongo unogona kuderedza zvishoma chishuwo cheApple chekupinda zvakazara muchikamu chino chema-eBook, asi chii chichaitika chokwadi ndechekuti vakomana vanobva kuCupertino vanofunga kaviri pamusoro pezvinobvira zvibvumirano nemitengo yezvinhu zvechitatu-bato kuti 'vanetse' mamwe makambani.