Ekugqibeleni, u-Apple wafunyaniswa enetyala kwityala awayetyholwa ngalo iyelenqe nabapapashi abahlanu ukuba banyuse ixabiso leeBooks ngokuthanda kwabo, iincwadi ze-e. Ixabiso elibekwe kweli tyala lifikelela kwi-450 yezigidi zeerandi kwaye lishukunyiswe sisigwebo seNkundla yesiBini yeziBheno, eyagweba ngokuchasene nenkundla ephantsi, ibeka ityala inkampani yama-apile elunyiweyo ngokwenza iyelenqe nabapapashi kwaye ngaloo ndlela indlela yokuphelisa ukhuphiswano. nge-e-ncwadi.
Oku kuthetha ukuba i-class-action inkundla yabathengi ebekwe kwi-Apple yokunyuka kwexabiso kwi-eBooks iphumelele, kwaye ekugqibeleni iya kuba ngabo bahlula isixa ngenxa yokunyuka kwexabiso kwiincwadi abazithengileyo. Okwangoku amanye amagama abapapashi abenze iyelenqe noApple ayaziwa, la achazwe kwisigwebo seSebe lezoBulungisa laseMelika: Iqela lePenguin Inc, iSimon & Schuster Inc, ye-CBS Corp kunye neMacmillan, yaseVerlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH, iHachette Book Group Inc, yaseLagardere SCA; IHarperCollins Publishers LLC, ephethwe yiNews Corp.
Sicacile ukuba esi sivakalisi sinako ngandlel’ ithile unciphisa umnqweno ka-Apple wokungena ngokupheleleyo kweli candelo le-eBook, kodwa yintoni eya kwenzeka ngokuqinisekileyo kukuba abafana baseCupertino baya kucinga kabini malunga nezivumelwano ezinokwenzeka kunye namaxabiso emveliso yomntu wesithathu 'ukucaphukisa' ezinye iinkampani.