Mediagazer: Penguin, Macmillan respond to DOJ in e-book price fixing suit (Laura Hazard Owen/paidContent)

4:05 PM ET, May 30, 2012

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Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:

Penguin, Macmillan respond to DOJ in e-book price fixing suit — Penguin and Macmillan, the two publishers that chose to fight the Department of Justice's e-book price fixing lawsuit in court, have both filed responses to the DOJ suit. — Both publishers flatly deny that they engaged …

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