The Week in Libraries: March 30, 2018: At PLA, librarians show they ‘get it’; Libraries get a bump in the 2018 federal budget (and a warning for next year); And the New York Times looks at two of Wikipedia’s young citizen editors. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new coalition is being formed to tackle what it calls a "reading crisis" among... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three school librarians have been shortlisted for the School Library Association's school... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We don’t deal directly with publishers at all,” says Jarad Millet, who works in collection management at Birmingham Public Library in Alabama. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Brookline Village, Mass.-based press has completely revised its first ring-bound cookbook, even removing the rings. It now weighs in at 7.5 pounds. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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EducaTablet has launched a digital-content ecosystem where Latin American students can access textbooks from major publishers, in Spanish and English, online and off. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Longtime magazine publishing executive Sally Preston has been named North America president of Orion Capital, effective Sept. 3.She succeeds Tony Harridine, who has moved back to Australia, the company said.Ms. Preston was most recently VP-publisher at Time Inc.'s Real Simple magazine, and... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The litigation represents the latest legal front for Apple and the publishers stemming from the 2010 agency switch. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon.com is taking on Walt Disney Co. and its superheroes in its quest to gain more control over pricing online.Amazon blocked pre-orders of Disney's summer hit movie "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" and other titles in disk form, repeating a tactic used in recent disputes with book... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Carnegie UK Trust is starting a new £200,000 project to help expand the role of public... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More than half of Liverpool's libraries are at risk of closure as the city council looks to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK Literary Scout Lucy Abrahams discusses the the post-crisis Greek publishing industry and issues surrounding book prices and a fixed price law. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Evangelia Avloniti reports on the on struggle to sustain the Thessaloniki Book Fair, a vital connection between Greek publishers and the rest of the world. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The industry conversation about data tracking and collection practices generally keeps to a dull roar, but recently, with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) working to push its "Do Not Track" (DNT) specification to final adoption, the volume has picked up. Adding heat but no light, Jason Kint,... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple Inc. has agreed to pay $400 million to settle allegations that the company conspired with publishers to raise ebook prices. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2014-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple has reached a settlement in a long-standing case that accused the company of fixing the price on ebooks, with the company paying up to $400 million, depending on the outcome of its appeal in the case, a law firm has announced. Apple would pay the $400 million in the class-action lawsuit if... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2014-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iPad manufacturer to pay damages contingent upon appeals court ruling over whether it conspired with publishers to fix pricesApple has agreed to pay $450m (£262.7m) in the US to settle claims the iPad manufacturer conspired with five major publishers to fix ebook prices.It came ahead of damages... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In its latest filing, Apple called the DoJ’s ebook price-fixing case an “incoherent attack on supposed collusion,” and urged the Second Circuit to reverse. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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He once owned 200 newspapers, headed the Heinz corporation and invented Kerrygold but the midas touch has finally failed Tony O'ReillyAt his 300-hectare luxury County Kildare estate, Sir Tony O'Reilly once feted the rich, the famous and the infamous. Guest lists at the restored 18th-century... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Libraries in Derbyshire could see staffing reduced and opening hours slashed as the county... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In temperatures nearing 110 degrees, librarians gathered in Las Vegas (June 26–July 1) for the 2014 American Library Association Annual Conference. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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