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Frankfurt Book FairFrankfurt Book Fair 2014: Four Questions for Samsung's Rory O'Neill
Rory O’Neill, Samsung's marketing director for European Telecommunications Operations, talked about the company's foray into books at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
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Frankfurt Book Fair
Frankfurt Book Fair 2014: Betting Big on Publishing’s Future
If you had $10 million to invest in a new publishing business today, with no limitations or obligations, where would you put your money? That's the question put to an opening panel at Frankfurt Book Fair's digital conference, ConTec.
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Frankfurt Book Fair
Frankfurt Book Fair 2014: Apple, Amazon in Race for Mobile Readers
The rise of reading on mobile phones is a hot topic at the Frankfurt Book Fair, but perhaps the most surprising finding of a new survey is that Apple is giving Amazon a run for its money among younger readers.
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Libraries
Michael Kelley: How Libraries Preserve E-books
Librarians caution that we are tumbling toward a digital memory hole in which large portions of our literary heritage could one day be lost altogether.
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Content / e-books
Authors Guild Met with DoJ About Amazon
The Authors Guild confirmed that it hosted a meeting in August between a group of authors and the Department of Justice, in an effort draw antitrust scrutiny of Amazon's practices.
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Awards & Prizes
National Book Award 2014 Poetry Finalists
Among the poets on this year’s longlist are two former National Book Award Finalists and two former Poets Laureate of the United States.
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Content / e-books
Libraries Balk at OverDrive Changes
In a letter to OverDrive CEO Steve Potash, the ReadersFirst coalition of libraries has protested a change that would require new users of OverDrive’s app to register accounts directly with OverDrive.
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Copyright
EU Court: Libraries Can Digitize, But Not Distribute
In a directive issued this week, a European Union court held that European libraries can digitize works in their collections but, without an explicit exception by a member state, are limited to displaying digitized works at dedicated reading terminals.
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Libraries
New Pew Report Explores Young Americans' Library Habits
A new report from the Pew Research Center Internet Project offers mixed news for public libraries.
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Content / e-books
Amazon Customers Notified of Apple Settlement
Amazon this week emailed Kindle customers court-mandated notice of the terms of Apple’s recent deal to settle damages in its e-book price-fixing case.
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Common Core
Cut to the Core: Low Support for Common Core After First Year
One year ago this month, in September 2013, we opened our inaugural PW column with a look at the myths and realities that surround the Common Core State Standards.
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Publisher News
New Murakami Book on the Way
To be released in December, 'The Strange Library' will be Murakami’s second work published in 2014, a 96-page illustrated book designed by Chip Kidd.
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Awards & Prizes
Judith Appelbaum to Get BISG Lifetime Award
Judith Appelbaum will be presented with the 2014 Lifetime Service Award at the BISG annual meeting on September 19, 2014 in New York City.
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Religion
Religion Update 2014: What Turns Librarians On—and Off
We don’t deal directly with publishers at all,” says Jarad Millet, who works in collection management at Birmingham Public Library in Alabama.
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Libraries
Check it Out with Michael Kelley: ALA Moves on Legislative Goals
Much of the media coverage of libraries in 2014 to date has centered on the modest progress made on the e-book issue. But 2014 has been a year of significant progress for libraries in the public policy sphere, with a number of library initiatives advancing.
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Conferences
Frankfurt's LitAg Draws Record Numbers for 2014 Fair
Some 308 agencies from 33 countries are booked for the 2014 Frankfurt Book Fair, including 72 U.S. agencies.
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Comics
How Graphic Are These Novels?
Read with caution: in September, a number of libraries will invite patrons to read comics and graphic novels that have been challenged or banned in schools and public libraries in recent years.
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Content / e-books
Judge Orders Mediation in Latest E-book Price-Fixing Suit
The litigation represents the latest legal front for Apple and the publishers stemming from the 2010 agency switch.
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Content / e-books
BiblioBoard Announces New Partnership Deals
New partners include ePubDirect, Independent Publishers Group, CoreSource and Firebrand Technologies.
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Common Core
Cut to the Core: New Standards After Common Core
As students, teachers, and parents across the country gear up for the start of another school year, many are left wondering what the fate of the Common Core will be when they return to their districts.
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