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Shows & EventsALA 2014: Showtime!
“Librarian” probably isn’t the first word you’d associate with Las Vegas—in fact, it may well be the last.
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Shows & Events
ALA 2014: Hands On
These days, learning at the library is very much about making things.
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Copyright
Authors Guild Responds to Second Circuit Ruling
The Authors Guild released a statement in response to the Second Circuit's affirmation of Judge Harold Baer's October 2012 decision in the Authors Guild v. HathiTrust.
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Content / e-books
Twenty Years Later, Landmark Digital Lawsuit Concludes
Known as “Freelance,” the case settles claims by freelance writers arising from the the 2001 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Tasini case.
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Copyright
Second Circuit Upholds HathiTrust Verdict
In its decision the court affirmed that scanning entire works to create full‐text searching is “a quintessentially transformative use.”
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Content / e-books
Judge Says Price-Fixing Suit Filed by Retailers Can Proceed
Australian upstart DNAML says it was was harmed by the 2010 price-fixing scheme executed by Apple and the five agency publishers.
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Common Core
Cut to the Core: Common Core Is a Hot Topic at Trade Shows
For publishers, librarians, and educators, the Common Core and its impact on trade books was a key topic of conversation at this year's Book Expo America.
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Copyright
At Hearing, Wiley Urges Congress To 'Fix' Kirtsaeng
In his testimony, Wiley president and CEO Stephen Smith said Supreme Court’s 2013 ruling in Kirtsaeng has hobbled the publishers’ ability to sell textbooks abroad, and suggested a legislative fix.
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Content / e-books
Judge Sets New Apple Trial Date
Judge Denise Cote adopted a proposed schedule for Apple’s Damages trial, officially moving the trial from July 14 to August 25.
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Publisher News
PRH Unveils New Logo
Penguin Random House has introduced its newly designed logo, replacing the interim PRH logo which has been in place for the past 11 months, since the merger was made official.
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Content / e-books
Apple Damages Trial Delayed Again
Under the new proposed schedule, the trial would now begin August 25 at the earliest. The move comes After Apple lost its emergency appeal to stay the proceedings last week.
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Libraries
Check it Out with Michael Kelley: E-books for Arizona Libraries
We’ve heard a lot about the progress libraries have made in the e-book realm.
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U.S. Book Show
BEA 2014: Shh! The Library's Buzzing
Representatives from seven publishers were greeted by a room packed with librarians eager to hear the big books of 2014. The session was the first of two installments of AAP's "Annual Librarian Book Buzz" session.
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U.S. Book Show
BEA 2014: Why Tor Dumped DRM
At the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) at BEA, Tor Books founder Tom Doherty discussed the publisher’s decision to dump DRM.
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Content / e-books
DoJ: Apple Verdict Should Be Affirmed
U.S attorneys argued that evidence of a price-fixing agreement was "overwhelming," and that Apple has identified "no sound reason" to reject Cote's finding.
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Content / e-books
Hoopla Gets into Library E-book Lending
Unlike the dominant “one copy one user” analog era e-book lending model in libraries, Hoopla’s e-book service is based on a “transactional” model.
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Content / e-books
Harper Seeks Injunction in Dispute with Open Road
HarperCollins has asked the court for a permanent injunction blocking Open Road from publishing its unauthorized e-book edition of Jean Craighead George’s "Julie of the Wolves," as well as more than $1.1 million in damages and attorney costs.
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Retailing
Smashwords, OverDrive Ink Distribution Deal
Smashwords, an e-book self-publishing platform, and digital library vendor OverDrive have reached an agreement to distribute 200,000 e-books via the OverDrive global network of public libraries.
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Soapbox
Staying Vigilant
As executive director of Media Coalition, it is my job to defend the First Amendment rights of the book community.
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People
The Go-To Book Bloggers
The blogosphere seemed vast in 2010 when young adult author Maureen Johnson gave the keynote at the first-ever Book Bloggers Conference, observing that, “with so many blogs, publishers don’t know what to make of all the noise.”
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