The European Commission has been investigating Apple and major book publishers over ebook price-fixing since late 2011. Today the EC published a notice on its website inviting comments on Penguin's proposal to end its existing pricing agreements with Apple and refrain from entering into similar agreements for five years.
Last September, a proposal was put forward by Apple, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, Macmillan, and HarperColllins to let retailers set the price of ebooks at any price for the next two years, as long as the discount
