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Awards & Prizes
Princeton University Press Wins Top Honor at PROSE Awards
Officials from the Association of American Publishers have announced that the 2012 R.R. Hawkins Award has been presented to Princeton University Press for Peter Brown’s Through the Eye of a Needle: Wealth, the Fall of Rome, and the Making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD.
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Industry NewsFor Libraries, the Common Core Presents Extraordinary Opportunity
The Common Core was a hot topic at the ALA midwinter meeting in Seattle, specifically at a standing-room only "discussion group" where more than 80 librarians gathered to learn more about the new state standards, and to share their own experiences thus far.
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Shows & Events
ALA Midwinter 2013: Sunny in Seattle
After a tough few years of lagging budgets, e-book battles, and questions about their future, there was a palpable sense of momentum among librarians at the American Library Association’s 2013 Midwinter Meeting held January 25–29 in Seattle.
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Libraries
PW Picks: The Best New Books for the Week of February 4, 2013
This week, Maurice Sendak's final book, body snatchers, and two books of poetry. Plus: a Woody Guthrie novel edited by Johnny Depp.
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Copyright
U.S. Attorneys May Weigh in On GSU E-Reserves Case
In a brief filed last week in the Georgia State e-reserves case, U.S. attorneys asked for a 21-day extension "in which to file any amicus brief in support of appellants, or in support of neither party."
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Shows & Events
ALA Midwinter 2013: ALA Creates E-book Scorecard
When it comes to e-books, publishers may soon be getting report cards from libraries. That’s because, late last week, in conjunction with the 2013 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle, the American Library Association released a “Business Model Scorecard” to help libraries evaluate the myriad licensing terms under which e-books are being offered to libraries.
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Shows & Events
ALA Midwinter 2013: In Keynote, Caroline Kennedy Rallies Librarians
In her keynote speech at ALA, Caroline Kennedy called librarians "levers for positive change in their communities."
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Shows & Events
ALA Midwinter 2013: Northwest Authors and the Role of Libraries
For all the talk about the changing digital world and its impact on the future of libraries and reading, the opening session of the 2013 American Library Association Midwinter Meeting focused on a subject librarians know well: authors.
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Retailing
Macmillan to Begin E-book Library Lending Pilot
Macmillan has announced that it will begin its first e-book library lending program by the end of the first quarter. Using the agency model and working with a number of distributors, Macmillan will offer libraries over 1,200 backlist e-books from its Minotaur Books imprint.
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Content / e-books
ProQuest to Acquire Ebook Library
In a move that will further expand its e-book footprint in the library market, ProQuest today formally announced the acquisition of Ebook Library (EBL), a pioneering e-book provider in the library market.
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Interviews
Scanning the Future: PW Talks with Jeff John Roberts
You know the end is near for the long-running Google litigation when the books start coming out.
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PW Picks
PW Picks: The Best New Books for the Week of January 21, 2013
This week, a book that will make you laugh, a zombie army set loose on a small town, and a brilliant WWII novel.
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Content / e-books
Total Boox Hopes to Change How We Buy E-books
Total Boox (pronounced total books) unveiled a “pay-as-you read” approach to buying books at this week's Digital Book World conference.
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Libraries
What We Buy Now
The first thing I do each Monday morning when I get to work at the White Plains Public Library is review a purchase alert report. By seeing what items have received the largest numbers of holds—or reserves—from my customers, I gain insight into what books and DVDs are trending in my community.
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Content / e-books
EBSCO Strikes Deal with Grey House to Publish Salem Press Titles
EBSCO Publishing this week announced that it has struck an exclusive license with Grey House Publishing to become the publisher of the print editions of Salem Press titles.
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Comics
DC Comics Looks to the Library Market in 2013
In a year that started with an agreement to add Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data to all of its graphic novel collections, DC Comics also reported that overall sales of its graphic novels to the library market grew by “double digits” in 2012 and the publisher is looking to continue that growth in 2013.
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair Announces IPA Education Conference
The International Publishers Association and the London Book Fair (LBF) announced the program for the first IPA International Education Conference, a one day event that will run alongside LBF on April 17, 2013. The result of a new partnership, the first program will include a keynote address from Andreas Schleicher, and talks from World Bank’s Michael Trucano, Reed Elsevier’s Y.S. Chi.
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Awards & Prizes
2012 National Book Critics Circle Finalists Announced
The 30 finalists in six categories for the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Awards have been announced. Click through for the full list.
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Copyright
Information Activist Aaron Swartz Dead at 26
Aaraon Swartz, the brilliant but troubled young activist and programmer, has died, in an apparent suicide. While details were still emerging, the Internet this morning was abuzz with news of his tragic passing. He was just 26 years old. "There is no way to express the sadness of this day," blogged Lawrence Lessig.
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Nancy Pearl
Check it Out with Nancy Pearl: Guidelines for Book Groups
A reader’s letter sparks a discussion about good books for book groups.
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