--- title: Amazon Kindle Users Receive Credits in Settlement of E-book Antitrust Class Action description: On June 21, 2016, Amazon.com users who purchased certain e-books between April 1, 2010 and May 21, 2012 received credits from the website as a result of a final resolution to a four-year long price-fixing class action with Apple. According to the U.S. Justice Department, in 2010, Apple, Inc. and five major publishing houses conspired to inflate the price of e-books. --- [Skip to content](https://counselfinancial.com/litigation-counsellor/amazon-e-book#main-content) [![Brandmark](https://counselfinancial.com/hubfs/2024%20Website/Brand%20Logos/Brandmark.svg "Brandmark")](https://counselfinancial.com/) [![Counsel Financial](https://counselfinancial.com/hubfs/2024%20Website/Brand%20Logos/Text-Logo.svg "Counsel Financial")](https://counselfinancial.com/) - [Law Firms](https://counselfinancial.com/law-firms) - [Capital Providers](https://counselfinancial.com/captial-providers) - About Us Show submenu for About Us ![](https://counselfinancial.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/Counsel-Financial-Theme/images/icons/arrow-down.svg) - [Loan Process](https://counselfinancial.com/about/loan-process) - [Our Team](https://counselfinancial.com/about/our-team) - [Lending Philosophy](https://counselfinancial.com/about/lending-philosophy) - [Contact](https://counselfinancial.com/contact) - Resources Show submenu for Resources ![](https://counselfinancial.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/Counsel-Financial-Theme/images/icons/arrow-down.svg) - [Blog](https://counselfinancial.com/blog) - [Case Studies](https://counselfinancial.com/case-studies) - [Law Firms](https://counselfinancial.com/law-firms) - [Capital Providers](https://counselfinancial.com/captial-providers) - About Us Show submenu for About Us ![](https://counselfinancial.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/Counsel-Financial-Theme/images/icons/arrow-down.svg) - [Loan Process](https://counselfinancial.com/about/loan-process) - [Our Team](https://counselfinancial.com/about/our-team) - [Lending Philosophy](https://counselfinancial.com/about/lending-philosophy) - [Contact](https://counselfinancial.com/contact) - Resources Show submenu for Resources ![](https://counselfinancial.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/Counsel-Financial-Theme/images/icons/arrow-down.svg) - [Blog](https://counselfinancial.com/blog) - [Case Studies](https://counselfinancial.com/case-studies) [Request a Meeting ![](https://counselfinancial.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/Counsel-Financial-Theme/images/icons/button-arrow-blue.svg)](https://counselfinancial.com/request-a-meeting) [Contact ![](https://counselfinancial.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/Counsel-Financial-Theme/images/icons/button-arrow-blue.svg)](https://counselfinancial.com/contact) [Legal News](https://counselfinancial.com/litigation-counsellor/topic/legal-news), [Blog](https://counselfinancial.com/litigation-counsellor/topic/blog), [Anti-trust](https://counselfinancial.com/litigation-counsellor/topic/anti-trust), [Class Action](https://counselfinancial.com/litigation-counsellor/topic/class-action) # Amazon Kindle Users Receive Credits in Settlement of E-book Antitrust Class Action By: Elizabeth DiNardo, Esq. | Associate Counsel June 28, 2016 On June 21, 2016, Amazon.com users who purchased certain e-books between April 1, 2010 and May 21, 2012 received credits from the website as a result of a final resolution to a four-year long price-fixing class action with Apple. According to the U.S. Justice Department, in 2010, Apple, Inc. and five major publishing houses conspired to inflate the price of e-books. The scheme to inflate prices coincided with the introduction of the iPad, which Apple was hoping would become a rival to Amazon’s popular e-reader, Kindle. At the time, Amazon controlled 90% of the book market. By 2012, when the Justice Department uncovered the scheme, Amazon controlled just 60% of the book market. Three of the involved publishers, Hachette, Harper Collins and Simon & Schuster, agreed to settlements in 2012, and the remaining two publishers, Penguin and Macmillion, settled in 2013. The publishers all signed agreements that prohibited them from restricting e-book retailers, like Amazon and Barnes & Noble, from setting prices. Apple appealed the case to the Supreme Court; however in March 2016, the Court chose not to hear case. Affected consumers may use credits through June 24, 2017 on all Amazon products, excluding Amazon gift cards. 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