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HarperCollins signed with Apple iBookstore ahead of its launch because of considerations for the publisher's parent company News Corp's larger relationship with the technology company, according to reports of the e-book price-fixing case yesterday [10th June].

As the second week of the New York e-book price fixing case hearing got underway, HarperCollins c.e.o. Brian Murray said he had been prepared to not sign with Apple ahead of its announcement about the iBookstore.