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ConferencesALA Midwinter Meeting Kicks Off in Chicago
The main conference program kicks off this afternoon with the popular Exhibits Roundtable/Booklist Author Forum, followed by an opening reception in the exhibit hall.
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Content / e-books
Harper CEO Not Testifying in Latest E-book Price-Fixing Case
In a brief brief order this week, Judge Denise Cote ruled that plaintiffs in a second e-book price-fixing case cannot depose HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray.
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Publisher News
Publishers Urge Reversal on Syrian Publishing Ban
In a letter, attorneys for the publishers claim that new sanctions violate federal law and the First Amendment.
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Conferences
DBW Panel : Can Publishers Take Advantage of Reader Data?
Publishers are awash in data about readers' habits. Now: what to do with it all?
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Conferences
Solid Attendance at 2016 ALA Midwinter Meeting
More than 10,000 librarians gathered in Boston over the weekend for the show and, for the first time in three years, escaped without a blast of winter weather.
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Common Core
Cut to the Core: Educators Find Ways to Disrupt the Materials Market
As fallout from the Common Core rollout continues, a noticeable trend has emerged.
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Copyright
Authors Guild Drops HathiTrust Case
After suffering two major defeats in its legal battle with Google’s library scanning partners, the Authors Guild this week finally ended the litigation.
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Libraries
Now Trending on Twitter: Public Libraries
Using the hashtag #becauseofapubliclibrary, Ferguson (Mo.) Municipal Public Library library director Scott Bonner sparked an outpouring of library love from the Twitterverse on Tuesday.
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Copyright
Court Rejects Publishers’ Latest Appeal in GSU Copyright Case
The decision means that the case is headed back to the district court, although the publishers could to the Supreme Court.
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Libraries
Books and Browsers: Privacy for Digital Library Patrons
Libraries must not only protect our users' privacy, but also educate them about how responsible data collection can benefit them.
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Industry News
Mobile Devices, New Partnerships Boost Worldreader
In Ghana, 65% of second-graders couldn't read a single word in their mother tongue (let alone English) prior to the arrival of e-readers, notes Danielle Zacarius, Worldreader’s director of publishing partnerships. But according to a November report, among the children in Worldreader’s iREAD 2 program, that figure dropped that to less than 11%—in just 18 months.
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Retailing
Has the Tide Turned for Apple?
On Monday, December 15, Apple appeared before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to argue that the 2013 verdict holding it liable for fixing e-book prices should be reversed.
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Content / e-books
At Apple Hearing, Amazon Called a 'Monopolist'
At Apple's appeal hearing Monday in its e-book price-fixing case, Second Circuit Judge Dennis Jacobs aggressively questioned DoJ attorney Malcolm Stewart, and repeatedly referred to Amazon as a "monopolist."
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Awards & Prizes
Six Hacks to Improve Diversity in Book Publishing
A selection of book industry professionals and executives offer fresh, practical ideas—hacks, as it were—that can be used for action on diversity.
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Adult Previews
Notable African-American-Interest Titles, Fall 2014–Spring 2015
A selective listing of notable African-American titles that includes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, graphic novels and books for young readers.
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Content / e-books
Can Apple Win Its E-book Appeal?
On Monday, December 15, Apple attorneys will finally get their crack at overturning the 2013 e-book price-fixing judgment, with oral arguments scheduled before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Libraries
ALA Midwinter Spotlight: All Our Coverage
Our overview of ALA’s 2015 Midwinter Meeting, January 30 to February 3 in Chicago.
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Libraries
The Top 10 Library Stories of 2014
PW takes a look back at some of the library stories that captivated the publishing world in 2014, and what they portend for 2015
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Libraries
We Build The City
In a popular post last month on Motherlode, the New York Times's parenting blog, Luisa Colón made a surprising admission: she doesn’t like to take her kids to the library anymore.
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Libraries
Can Open Access Save the Scholarly Monograph? ALA Midwinter Spotlight
Scholarly monographs, long the gold standard for scholars in the humanities and social sciences, have been in a downward spiral for some time.
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