Page 9 of 92 pages
The King County (WA) Library System, the nation's top digital-circulating library, has said it will stop buying new release Macmillan e-books once a two-month embargo begins next month. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#macmillan
The resale of e-books on sites such as Tom Kabinet are "unlawful under EU law", advocate general Maciej Szpunar has ruled. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-11 10:43:35 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#eu law
“ALA’s goal is to send a clear message to Macmillan CEO John Sargent,” said ALA executive director Mary Ghikas, announcing the launch of a national e-book advocacy campaign. "Libraries have millions of allies out there, and we’re inviting them to take action.” Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#clear message
#macmillan
#e-book
Contemporary Short Stories from MyanmarIn 2017 the British Council produced an anthology of short stories from Myanmar. In 2012 the British Council sought to take advantage of new freedoms in literature and travel through a programme of workshops. The aim of the five-year literature... Continue reading at 'British Council global'
[ British Council global | 2019-09-10 08:55:33 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#free e-book
#aspiring writers
#troubled past
#anthology
#short stories
T M Logan's The Holiday (Zaffre) has jetted into the Weekly E-Ranking number one spot, displacing Adam Kay's This is Going to Hurt (Picador) a week after the junior doctor memoir achieved the longest ever run in the chart top spot. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-29 14:51:37 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#memoir
#e-book
In a message sent to library customers, Tom Mercer, senior v-p of digital products for Bibliotheca (formerly 3M), called out Amazon for its role in the increasingly contentious library e-book market. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#library customers
#digital products
#e-book
All of J.D. Salinger’s works will be available as e-books starting this week. Disaffected youth can finally read Catcher in the Rye on their Kindle Paperwhites, just like J.D. Salinger intended.Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
[ Fast Company | 2019-08-12 10:34:36 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#kindle paperwhites
#kindle
Penguin Books UK is publishing all four of J D Salinger’s works as e-books for the first time, as part of celebrations marking the centenary of his birth. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-12 05:42:10 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
It's not just musicians giving in to demand to go digital. J.D. Salinger's son Matt has agreed to publish e-book versions of the famed author's novels, including The Catcher in the Rye and Franny and Zooey, later this week. Salinger had generally be... Continue reading at 'Engadget'
[ Engadget | 2019-08-12 00:41:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#son matt
#famed author
#e-book
In a memo to authors and agents, Macmillan CEO John Sargent asserted that 45% of Macmillan’s U.S. “e-book reads” were now 'being borrowed for free' from libraries," and said the publisher's new terms are "designed to protect the value of your books during their first format publication." Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#library e-books
#macmillan
Recent developments suggest a grim future for digital content in libraries, writes Sari Feldman, unless library supporters find a way to fight back. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#fight back
#digital content
The book world is “sleepwalking into oblivion” if there are not changes to the terms under which e-books are made available to libraries, a chief librarian has warned. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-02 06:29:44 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#chief librarian
#book world
#e-book
“Harry Potter: A Journey Through Charms and Defence Against the Dark Arts” and “A Journey Through Potions and Herbology” are arriving in late June. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'
[ The New York Times | 2019-05-31 18:46:34 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#harry potter
#late june
Digital book piracy isn’t going anywhere, legal enforcement on the issue is getting worse and worse, and if publishers and authors don't band together and force compliance, they'll be playing ebook buccaneering Whack-a-Mole forever, the Authors Guild panel determined. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#authors don
By publishing a real, functional ebook edition of 'The Mueller Report,' the nation's libraries are picking up where the federal government slacked off. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#mueller report
Open Road has evolved into a leading marketing platform, boosting sales and discoverability for its publishing partners. (Sponsored) Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#open road
#boosting sales
#publishing partners
Cara Hunter's No Way Out (Viking) has defeated Adam Kay's This is Going to Hurt (Picador) at the top of the Weekly E-Book Ranking, after the junior doctor memoir's 12-week reign. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#hurt picador
#cara hunter
Folks used to think that e-readers would relegate traditional paper books to the scrapyard of the past and destroy the publishing industry as we knew it. But, in the time since the first Kindle e-reader was unveiled in 2007, the dire declarations of what effect the devices might have on our... Continue reading at 'PC World'
[ PC World | 2018-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#pretty great
#easily readable
#direct sunlight
#models equipped
#excellent choice
#browsing periodicals
#storing thousands
#ink displays
#word aficionados
#market today—
The European Union has voted to allow the 28 member states to adjust the value added tax (VAT) rates applied to ebooks and downloadable audiobooks to align with the lower taxes on print books. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#european union
#downloadable audiobooks
#print books
Beginning October 1, 2018, PRH is moving from a perpetual access model (where libraries pay a higher price but retain access to the ebook forever) to a metered model (with lower prices on ebooks that expire after two years). Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#lower prices