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CopyrightNew Bill Would Let Trump Pick the Next Register of Copyrights
A bill introduced in Congress yesterday would let Donald Trump pick the next register, rather than Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.
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CopyrightLondon Book Fair 2017: Judge Pierre Leval Defends Google Books Decision, Fair Use
The author of the appeals court decision that legalized Google Books last April told attendees that the case was not close.
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LibrariesLibrarians Vow to Fight Trump on Funding Cuts
In a statement, the American Library Association called Trump's proposal to effectively eliminate all federal library funding "counterproductive and short-sighted," and vowed to fight.
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LibrariesALA Presents Senator John Tester with 2017 James Madison Award
The award honors organizations or individuals who have championed the public’s right to government information.
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London Book FairLondon Book Fair 2017: Four Questions for IPA President Michiel Kolman
Last Fall, Michiel Kolman was elected to succeed Bloomsbury’s Richard Charkin as president of the International Publishers Association (IPA)—and he takes over at a tumultuous time.
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Content / e-booksLondon Book Fair 2017: Cory Doctorow Unveils His Latest Publishing Experiment—Fair Trade E-Books
For his forthcoming book, Walkaway, out in April, the bestselling author has devised a novel approach to selling the digital edition.
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London Book FairLondon Digital 2017: The Future of Publishing Is...
As the publishing world gathers for the London Book Fair, now ten years after the birth of the iPhone and the Kindle, Kristen McLean surveys the storytelling landscape.
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London Book FairLondon Digital 2017: Publishing’s Startup Culture
Consultant and blogger Thad McIlroy talks to PW about his recently released report on startups in the book business.
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London Book FairLondon Digital 2017: Can Self-Publishing Crack the Academic Market?
PW talks to Daniel Berze, senior v-p of academic publishing for Glasstree, who says the traditional scholarly publishing model is broken—and self-publishing can help fix it.
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London Book FairLondon Digital 2017: Bringing the Science of Marketing Technology to Publishing
Evan Schnittman on his new startup, OptiQly.
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LibrariesMaking ALA Great Again
Librarians are standing up to Trump, and they want the American Library Association to follow suit.
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BooksellingWharton Uses Zola’s Everywhere Store to Launch Online Bookstore
The store is the first to be powered by Zola’s Everywhere Store widget, an API that enables anyone to begin selling books simply by dropping a few lines of Zola’s code on to their website.
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LibrariesLibrarians Call Foul on FCC Internet Policy Actions
The American Library Association this week criticized the FCC (now under Trump appointee Ajit Pai’s leadership) for revoking a key program and retracting a number of the agency’s recent reports.
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LibrariesFor Librarians, 2017 Is Off to a Rough Start
Low attendance at ALA Midwinter, and thorny questions about the fate of libraries under Trump.
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Industry NewsBarnhill, Steptoe, 'March: Book Three' Win Newbery, Caldecott, Printz
Kelly Barnhill won the Newbery Medal for 'The Girl Who Drank the Moon,' Javaka Steptoe won the Caldecott Medal for 'Radiant Child,' and John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell won the Printz Award for 'March: Book Three.'
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LibrariesALA Midwinter 2017: Colson Whitehead, Matthew Desmond Win ALA Carnegie Medals
The selections were announced on Sunday, January 22, at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Atlanta, with an official award ceremony to come this summer, at the ALA annual conference, set for Chicago.
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LibrariesALA Midwinter 2017: Could ESSA Spark a School Library Renaissance?
The federal education law known as ESSA, set to take effect this year, would provide critical support for school libraries if allowed to stand by the Trump administration.
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LibrariesALA Midwinter 2017: Librarians Ponder the Future Under Trump
In his opening keynote at the 2017 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Atlanta, just hours after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States, W. Kamau Bell made a plea to librarians: don’t let Trump’s vision of America become the new normal.
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LibrariesALA Midwinter 2017: Penguin Random House Announces Library Grant Winners
The awards, first announced last year by the Penguin Random House Foundation, are an effort to support and recognize the work oflibrarians.
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LibrariesThree Critical Issues Facing Librarians in Trump’s America
As a new administration takes office, a look at how librarians can make a difference.



