Apple to pay $522 million to settle e-book price fixing case

The company was found to have led a conspiracy involving five of the biggest publishers in the US, including Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster. All five have agreed to pay their own fines.<br><br><br>Apple was accused of secretly negotiating deals with the publishers, all but forcing Amazon to abandon its discount program.<br><br><br>The company was found to have engaged in a conspiracy to inflate prices.