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CopyrightGoogle Books Case Appears Ready to Be Decided
Once expected to be a defining copyright battle for the digital age when it was first filed in 2005, the case came down to a short, anticlimactic hearing in which Chin reserved judgment, but sounded more than ready to rule.
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Libraries
Brian Kenney: How to Make a Make-It-Happen Library
It’s the job of futurists to predict the future. Librarians have the tougher job: responding to the present.
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Copyright
Authors Guild: Wait for Congress to Sort Out Google Scanning
The fair use doctrine is not designed to address the enormity of Google’s infringement, Authors Guild attorneys argue, calling the legality of the book scanning program “a cutting edge” technological issue best left to Congress to address.
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Libraries
'The Rosie Project' Tops LibraryReads List for October
Graeme Simsion's The Rosie Project (Simon & Schuster) tops the October LibraryReads list, and Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch (Little Brown) will not disappoint fans of The Secret History who "will rediscover the Tartt they loved back in 1992."
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Libraries
Check It Out with Michael Kelley: The Provincetown Public Press
We’ve heard lots of talk recently about libraries serving their communities by becoming publishers. Well, here is one that is walking the walk.
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Industry News
Cut to the Core: Distinguishing Common Core Myth from Reality
Distinguishing myths about the Common Core from reality will be a chief function of this new column, as we explore the issues and opportunities of the new educational standards.
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Libraries
Libraries in the Lead
Our “Cut to the Core” columnists talk with the new ALA president, Barbara Stripling, about the library’s role in supporting the Common Core State Standards—and what’s needed from publishers.
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Retailing
What the Apple Price-Fixing Case Means for Apple, Publishers and Consumers
Judge Denise Cote last week signed a final order for injunctive relief in Apple’s e-book price-fixing case. How did the parties in the case ultimately fare, and what battles still loom? PW takes a look at the broad strokes of the price-fixing suit’s endgame.
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Retailing
The Common Core Toolkit: September 2013
Common Core-related resources and news for the September, 2013, edition of PW's Cut to the Core column
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Content / e-books
Judge Signs Final Order in Apple E-book Case
The final order represents a measure of closure to the long-running price-fixing saga, although the battle is far from over. Apple is planning a vigorous appeal of Cote’s July 10 decision. In addition, Apple and the states and the consumer class are on track for a May, 2014, trial on damages.
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Content / e-books
Eight Years Later, the Google Books Fight Lumbers On
Officially, Judge Chin is undecided and is giving the parties their proper chance to persuade him. But his scheduling orders are the work of a judge who would like to bring matters to a close, and soon.
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Book News
Room to Read Partners with Asia Foundation
Global literacy nonprofit Room to Read announced a partnership with the Asia Foundation's Books for Asia, which provides donated educational material throughout the region.
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Content / e-books
Judge Denies Request for Delay in Google Case
Judge Chin denied an Authors Guild request to delay upcoming oral arguments on the cross-motions for summary judgment. Arguments remain set for September 23, with the final round of briefs due on September 16.
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Content / e-books
E-book Settlement Refunds Rise, New Deadlines Set
The states now estimate that consumers will receive $3.06 per e-book for New York Times bestsellers purchased during the settlement period (up from and estimated $1.32), $.73 per non-bestsellers (up from $.30).
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Copyright
A Year Later, Opposition Briefs Filed in Authors Guild vs. Google
After losing its class action status on appeal, the long-running copyright case now continues in the name of the Authors Guild and the three named plaintiffs.
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Content / e-books
Judge Lightens Apple Injunction; Expects to Sign Next Week
Working off the DoJ’s proposal with Apple’s red-lined version incorporated, the judge said her final order would seek to address competition in the e-book market, while treading as lightly as possible on Apple’s business.
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Content / e-books
Judge Orders Apple to Detail its Objections to Revised Injunction
Late last Friday, the judge ordered Apple attorneys to submit “a red-lined version of the Plaintiffs’ Revised Injunction striking any language to which Apple objects,” by 10 am this morning.
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BookLife
PW Select August 2013: Understanding Copyright - What Every Indie Author Needs to Know
So what’s the fuss all about? Did Eliot really steal from other poets, or were Frost and Cummings just jealous? Why wasn’t the work of those dead poets protected by copyright, or was it? Good question.
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Content / e-books
With Gov't Deadline Looming, AAP Outlines Public Access Plans
The White House directive, issued in February 2013, could affect some 19 federal agencies, and would cover “any results published in peer-reviewed scholarly publications."
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Content / e-books
DoJ Softens Apple Injunction, but Hits Macmillan Hardest
Under the revised proposal, Apple must still terminate its current e-book agreements with the defendant publishers, but rather than five years, the ban on using a straight agency model now ranges from two to four years.
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