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Libraries
Meet Your Makers
When the Boston Public Library—the first free municipal library—opened its doors in 1854, its mission was to create an “informed citizenry”—think the works of John Stuart Mill, or Cicero in translation.
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Content / e-books
Penguin To Ease Restrictions on Library E-books
According to a report by the Associated Press, Penguin says that as of next week it will no longer window its frontlist e-book titles available to libraries.
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Content / e-books
Battle Lines Drawn in HarperCollins, Open Road E-Book Suit
After more than a year since the case was first filed, cross-motions for Summary Judgment were finally submitted last week in HarperCollins’ lawsuit against Open Road over the e-book publisher’s e-book edition of Julie of the Wolves, Jean Craighead George’s bestselling children’s book.
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Libraries
Conference Report: Beyond PDF 2
Academic results have been bundled into journals to facilitate their sharing since 1665, noted attendees at the recent Beyond PDF 2, conference, in Amsterdam. But the Web has brought with it an opportunity to blow up and remake academic publishing.
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Publisher News
What Does Kirtsaeng v. Wiley Mean For the Industry?
Last week’s landmark Supreme Court decision is a major development, both for the industry and for the broader debate over copyright in the digital age.
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Copyright
Grimmelmann: Issues in Kirtsaeng 'Significant'
PW contributing editor James Grimmelmann breaks down yesterday's landmark Supreme Court ruling. "However one comes out on first sale and imported textbooks, the issue, in books and beyond, is too significant to end here," he writes. "Ladies and gentlemen, start your lobbyists."
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Copyright
Supreme Court Upholds First Sale In Landmark Kirtsaeng Ruling
In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court, by a 6-3 margin, today held that the doctrine of first sale, which allows for legally acquired copyrighted works to be resold by their owners, does apply to works made overseas.
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Content / e-books
In Latest Twist, Penguin Demands Jury Trial in State Price-Fixing Case
Penguin last week filed a motion demanding a jury trial in the e-book price-fixing cases filed by the states and consumers.
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Content / e-books
Judge Fast-Tracking Bookseller Suit
Judge Jed Rakoff yesterday set an aggressive schedule in the Indie booksellers' suit against Amazon and the big six publishers, putting the case on track for an October trial.
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Content / e-books
Apple CEO Tim Cook to Be Deposed in E-Book Price-Fixing Case
After a teleconference yesterday, Judge Denise Cote issued an order compelling Apple CEO Tim Cook to sit for a deposition with U.S. attorney questions.
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Content / e-books
DoJ Price-Fixing Case has Generated Over Eight Million Pages of Evidence
How complicated and costly is the Department of Justice's price-fixing suit? According to an exchange of letters over whether Apple CEO Tim Cook will be deposed, Apple attorneys note that it has produced over 3.6 million pages of documents for the case, while the publisher defendants have produced nearly five million pages.
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Content / e-books
Wiley Partners with Open Textbook Initiative, OpenStax College
John Wiley this week announced a partnership with Rice University-based OpenStax College, an initiative to provide free, open textbooks. Under the deal, Wiley will deliver content from OpenStax College’s two new biology textbooks via its WileyPLUS platform along. Pilot tests are slated to begin this fall.
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Publisher News
Judge Denies Proposal to Delay Schedule in Booksellers' Suit
Judge Jed Rakoff, the judge in the recently filed Book House Of Stuyvesant Plaza, Inc. et al v. Amazon.com, Inc. et al case, deemed a proposal from the parties to delay—or at least greatly drag their heels— in the suit “completely unacceptable,” and denied the motion.
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Nancy PearlCheck It Out with Nancy Pearl: Awards Season and Carnegie Longlist
And the winner is? With the 2nd Annual ALA Carnegie Awards coming up, Nancy is deep in “book award” mode
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Copyright
Orphan Works Legislation Appears Unlikely
When the U.S. Copyright Office asked for comments on the thorny orphan works problem last October, hopes were raised that a legislative solution could be in the offing. But after hundreds of initial comments from both individuals and organizations it is now looking like meaningful orphan works legislation may not be in the cards.
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Content / e-books
Publishers Oppose Amazon Bid for '.book' Domain
In a filing this week with ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) the Association of American Publishers came out against a bid by Amazon to buy the .book domain name.
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Awards & Prizes
Yale Awards $1.35M to Nine Writers
The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale announced the inaugural winners of the Windham Campbell Prizes, a new global writer’s award created with a gift from the late Donald Windham and his partner, Sandy M. Campbell.
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Content / e-books
Ingram Adds Harlequin to MyiLibrary
Ingram's MyiLibrary platform has added over 12,000 Harlequin titles, including both frontlist and backlist, nonfiction and fiction, across multiple Harlequin imprints. MyiLibrary has over 400,000 titles in total.
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Business Deals
Cavendish Square Buys Library Titles from Marshall Cavendish
Cavendish Square, a new educational publishing company founded by Roger Rosen, has signed a deal to acquire the assets of Marshall Cavendish’s North American library operation.
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Comics
Will Eisner Week To Celebrate the Graphic Novel
Will Eisner Week features a series of events to be held March 1 to March 10 in more than a dozen cities around the country to honor the work and career of the great comics innovator.
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