HarperNonFiction has launched an innovative marketing campaign for the early e-book release of Ben Mezrich’s The AntiSocial Network, which will allow readers to manipulate the title's price by micro trading in GameStop stock. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-09-13 00:36:07 UTC ]
German publishers say that robust ebook performance last year and this year could be impacted by state-subsidized e-lending. The post Germany’s First Half of 2021: Ebook Dynamics, and Libraries appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-09-08 03:50:02 UTC ]
Decision rejecting appeal in Voller defamation case means companies will be likely to ban comments on more social media postsGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingSome of Australia’s biggest media companies have lost a bid in the high court to escape liability for defamatory... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-09-08 03:33:03 UTC ]
Journalist Stig Abell has signed a three-book deal with HarperCollins, including his crime fiction debut and one non-fiction title. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-09-07 18:18:52 UTC ]
Increasingly, books are something that libraries do not own but borrow from the corporations that do. Continue reading >> [ Source: New Yorker | 2021-09-02 10:00:00 UTC ]
Maryland's recently passed library e-book law will require any publisher offering to license "an electronic literary product" to consumers in the state to also offer to license the content to public libraries "on reasonable terms." The question now is: what are reasonable terms? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-08-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
American author Mitzi Szereto says she has been plagued by fake pornographic e-books listed under her name on Amazon in a similar scam to one which previously targeted commercial women’s writers in the UK. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-08-11 21:51:56 UTC ]
Retailer AwesomeBooks is giving a copy of every book sold on its site to the National Literary Trust (NLT), which will match them to children and schools who need them. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-08-01 12:50:31 UTC ]
Last Thursday, with confirmed cases of COVID-19 again rising across the US, Dr. Vivek Murthy, the surgeon general, issued his first advisory since the Biden administration took office: health mis- and disinformation, he said, has prolonged the pandemic, not least by exposing Americans to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Columbia Journalism Review | 2021-07-21 12:37:08 UTC ]
Privacy abuses and misinformation were secondary concerns, two tech reporters write. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-07-09 05:04:42 UTC ]
In a notice sent to library customers this week via their vendors, e-book titles from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will soon be available via a 26-lend metered access model, a change from its previous perpetual access terms. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-07-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
In a filing this week, Amazon and the Big Five publishers said the plaintiffs' claims of an e-book price-fixing conspiracy are "implausible." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-07-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
Political activist, scholar and author Angela Y Davis is joining the Hamish Hamilton list, after signing a five-book deal with the publisher. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-06-24 01:55:20 UTC ]
New York this week became the second state to pass a bill that would ensure public libraries the right to license and lend e-books that are available to consumers in the state. The bill is now headed to governor Andrew Cuomo's desk. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-06-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
In a paper released this week, the American Library Association’s Joint Digital Content Working Group offered a frank assessment of the state of the library e-book market and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-06-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
The new law requires any publisher offering to license "an electronic literary product" to consumers to also offer to license the content to public libraries on "reasonable" terms. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-06-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
WhatsApp says India's new digital media rules will violate the privacy of its users. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2021-05-26 10:59:05 UTC ]
The deal represents a major step forward for the digital library market. Not only is Amazon Publishing finally making its digital content available to libraries, the deal also gives libraries a range of models through which it can license the content. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-05-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
Librarians fighting the “exorbitant” pricing and licensing of academic e-books claim others are afraid of speaking out about the subject and are hoping the Competitions & Marketing Authority (CMA) will take action. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-05-11 20:10:02 UTC ]
Transworld and Puffin have acquired three books from Alison Hammond, including the "This Morning" presenter's memoir, a novel and a non-fiction title for readers aged eight to 12. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-05-07 06:39:32 UTC ]