Big Publisher Settles With Upstart Internet Publisher

Publishing giant Random House and online publisher RosettaBooks have settled RH’s lawsuit against the upstart internet publisher. Rosetta has been selling electronic versions of books that predate the internet by authors such as Kurt Vonnegut and William Styron. Rosetta claimed its editions as new publications and made deals with the authors and not the original publishers. “But the settlement announced Wednesday leaves the issue unresolved. The two sides essentially agreed it was better to work together than to fight.”