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Awards & Prizes
ALA 2014: And the Winner Is...
Now entering its third year, the ALA’s Carnegie Medals for Excellence are on their way to becoming a premier national book prize.
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Industry NewsALA 2014: The Exit Interview: PW Talks with Scholastic’s John Mason
John Mason, the esteemed director of library and educational marketing at Scholastic, will officially hang up his tote bag on July 3. We caught up with Mason as he was preparing for the transition.
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Shows & Events
ALA en Español
The U.S. Hispanic population is surging, and serving this growing community brings new challenges and opportunities to librarians across the country.
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Shows & Events
ALA 2014: After Success on E-Book Access, ALA Looks Ahead
Given the prominence of e-book and other digital content issues in libraries, the ALA Digital Content Working Group could well be among the most important groups the ALA has ever launched.
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Shows & Events
ALA 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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