Digital Resources Beyond the E-book

E-books are not the only game in town when it comes to digital content used by students in the classroom and school library. Here’s a sampling of new products lauded by educators. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Books and Browsers: Collaboration Creates New Possibilities for Digital

In January, I was invited by the Getty Foundation to participate as a library commentator at a meeting of representatives from its Online Scholarly Catalogue Initiative (OSCI). Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This Is How You Sell Books In The Digital Age

Penguin Books unveils a clever interactive site, inspired by the iPod's clicking wheel, to accompany the release of 80 classic e-books.Penguin Books turns 80 this year. To celebrate its birthday, the British imprint of the world's largest publishing house is releasing a new series of 80 books,... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2015-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Books and Digital Real Estate Assets Lift News Corp Results

News Corp reported quarterly revenue and a profit just above analysts’ consensus forecast as its book publishing and real estate businesses offset dwindling print revenue. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2015-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Print and digital help grow the book market in 2014

Last year the book trade “rekindled its love affair with the physical book”, Pan Macmillan’s m.d Anthony Forbes Watson has told The Bookseller. “Previous years have all been about growing ebook sales, but in 2014, in a market where ebook sales were plateauing, suddenly it was all about forward... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Government must fund digital resource for libraries, says Sieghart

The Sieghart review into public libraries, to be published today (18th December), calls on central government to give local authorities the funding to create a national digital resource for libraries, with free Wi-fi as standard, and workforce training for all public libraries in England. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital sales hit supermarkets 'more than other book retailers'

Big publishers are likely to feel a squeeze on their supermarket sales as a result of the sector experiencing a “once in a generation change”. Two of Britain’s biggest supermarkets, Tesco and Sainsbury’s, are also big retailers of books. Both retailers reported slumps in profits in their recent... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tumblr Captures Human Errors In Digitized Google Books

You can take the book out of the library but you can't take the library out of the book.Krissy Wilson's Tumblr project, The Art Of Google Books, works on our nostalgia for both the printed word and our (now long gone) wide-eyed awe at digitizing it. Google Books was born in 2004, when accessing... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2014-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Teen book blogger wins digital talent award

Amber Kirk-Ford, the teenager behind the Mile Long Bookshelf blog , will now contribute articles to a Penguin Random House UK blog after winning a Future8 award for young digital talent.   Kirk-Ford was the winner of the blogger category in the inaugural Future8 Awards, launched by teen... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Print books are outselling digital by a healthy margin

In the first half of 2014, according to a Nielsen Books & Consumer survey, print book sales were more than twice those of digital. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2014: Navigating the Digital Landscape

Publishers continue to struggle with print vs. digital issues, says Marianne Calilhanna, marketing director of Cenveo Publisher Services. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Entering a Children’s Picture Book, Literally and Digitally

How can the digital age use the tried-and-true concept of a picture book to create something new and wonderful for children? Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kobo, Cartoon Books Ink Digital Deal for ‘Bone,’ ‘RASL’

E-book retailer Kobo has reached an agreement with Cartoon Books, the publishing company cofounded by cartoonist Jeff Smith, to release multi-volume digital editions of Smith's Eisner Award-Winning series Bone and RASL Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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European court rules that libraries can digitize books

The European Union's highest court has ruled that libraries can digitize books without the permission of copyright holders. The court argues that libraries have the right to provide free information to the public and don't need to obtain licensing if they want to make books available to users... Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Adds Digital Watermarks to E-books

HarperCollins has started using Digimarc Corp.’s watermarking system for ebooks to provide an extra layer of security to the sale of HC’s digital content. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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EU court rules libraries can digitize books without permission

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that libraries have the right to digitize books and distribute them to dedicated reading terminals without first obtaining the publisher's permission. The decision rests on exceptions built... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2014-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Libraries may digitize books without permission, EU top court rules

European libraries may digitize books and make them available at electronic reading points without first gaining consent of the copyright holder, the highest European Union court ruled Thursday.The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled in a case in which the Technical University of... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital Printing for Every Stage in a Book’s Life

Multinational publishers know that regional book editions increase their options for selling titles, especially in the education segment. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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App partners with HarperCollins to digitize your old print books

BitLit has landed a deal with the publisher to allow readers to get their print books into an ebook format. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Libraries can digitize books without consent, says top EU court advisor

European libraries are allowed to digitize books without the consent of the rights holder, the senior advisor to Europe’s top court said Thursday.The European Copyright Directive does not prevent the digitization of books in a library’s collection if those books are made accessible to the public... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2014-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Open Road Buys Premier Digital E-book Line

Open Road Integrated Media has added more than 300 titles to its catalogue, acquiring the ebook list from Premier Digital Publishing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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