Simon & Schuster helps kill publishing deal

Charlotte.com is running This AP Story on Simon & Schuster killing a deal between RosettaBooks, a start-up e-book publisher, and iBooks.

They sued Rosetta for copyright infringement for gaining electronic rights and offering versions of Kurt Vonnegut\’s \”Slaughterhouse-Five\” and seven other works the publisher had issued in paper form.

\”It hurts the authors and it hurts the reading public\’s opportunity to enjoy these books,\” Klebanoff said.