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    IPA Criticizes Fair Use Proposal in Australia

    A report advocating the inclusion of fair use provisions in Australia’s copyright laws has drawn criticism from the International Publishers Association.

  • Content / e-books

    Connecticut: ‘Wait and See’ How Library E-book Market Develops

    A report from the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection on the state of the library e-book market has recommended no legislative initiatives, instead advocating a “wait and see” approach.

  • Content / e-books

    Second Circuit Denies Apple's Monitor Appeal

    A three-judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has denied Apple a stay of its court-ordered external monitor.

  • Libraries

    Check It Out with Michael Kelley: Small Libraries Make a Big Impact

    Big libraries get all the attention. But in late September of 2013, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) issued an interesting report on small and rural libraries in the United States.

  • Content / e-books

    Libraries, E-books and ReadersFirst

    ReadersFirst was born because libraries need to have in-house e-book collections,” explains Rachel Wood of the Arlington Va. Public Library, a member of the Leadership Working Group of ReadersFirst, an international coalition of libraries that have banded together to set down principles, standards and goals for libraries looking to offer digital content to their patrons.

  • Awards & Prizes

    Elsevier Takes Home Top Honor at AAP PROSE Awards

    For the sixth year in a row, the PROSE program attracted a record-breaking number of submissions: 535 entries of books, reference works, journals and electronic products in more than 40 categories.

  • Common Core

    Getting Up to Speed on Common Core: An ABPA Panel

    Publishing professionals gathered for an informal discussion about the Common Core during a January 30 event sponsored by the American Book Producers Association.

  • Content / e-books

    Class Plaintiffs: Apple Should Pay $840 Millions in Damages

    If the plaintiff number is granted, it would put the total damages in this e-book conspiracy at over $1 billion. Five publishers have already paid $166 million.

  • Shows & Events

    Librarians and Friends Gather In Philly

    Despite temperatures in the low teens, a messy Saturday afternoon blizzard, and numerous reports of weather-related travel snarls, 12,207 people attended the 2014 American Library Association Midwinter Meeting.

  • Content / e-books

    Filing Schedule Set for Apple’s Damages Trial

    Amid more legal maneuvering, Judge Denise Cote this week officially set a briefing schedule for Apple’s e-book damages trial.

  • Libraries

    ALA Midwinter 2014: Pew Previews Library User Typology

    At the ALA Midwinter Conference this past Sunday, Lee Rainie discussed the latest Pew Research Center Library survey and announced plans to develop a widget that will provide librarians with community-specific data.

  • Content / e-books

    ALA Midwinter 2014: Abrams Gets in the E-book Game

    Digital versions will be available simultaneously with the release of print editions. Libraries can license the titles for a one-year period.

  • Libraries

    The User Is (Still) Not Broken

    Revisiting "The User Is Not Broken: A Meme Masquerading as a Manifesto" eight years after it was first published.

  • Content / e-books

    ALA Midwinter 2014: On E-books, Librarians Urged to Think Bigger (and Smaller)

    At ALA Midwinter 2014, librarians were urged not to be satisfied by recent e-book developments, and to look more deeply at their digital future.

  • Conferences

    ALA Midwinter 2014: A Cold, Quiet Start in Philadelphia

    Fresh on the heels of a major snowstorm and with temperatures lingering in the teens, travel snarls contributed to a lightly attended opening night reception on the exhibit floor.

  • Content / e-books

    Duke Univ. Press Announces New Platform for E-books

    The new site, read.dukeupress.edu, is powered by the Folio eBooks solution, developed by Stanford University’s HighWire Press.

  • Content / e-books

    3M Cloud Library Expands to Canada

    3M Library Systems has announced that Cloud Library eBook Lending System will now launch in Canada—3M’s first international expansion.

  • Content / e-books

    Appeals Court Issues Temporary Stay of Apple’s Monitor

    The Second Circuit Court of Appeals granted Apple a temporary “administrative” stay while it reviews Judge Cote’s decision to deny Apple a stay of its external monitor.

  • Publisher News

    The Future of Reading: 10 Trends for 2014 and Beyond

    The Internet has been disrupting the businesses of publishing and bookselling for the past two decades.

  • Conferences

    Digital Book World 2014: An Industry Transformed

    The fifth installment of Digital Book World, the annual New York City conference on digital publishing, was held last week.

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