The Council of the European Union has approved the EU’s new law on copyright, making digital platforms like Google and Facebook legally responsible for content they host. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Audible has argued a federal court to reject a copyright lawsuit filed by seven publishers against its Captions speech-to-text feature. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-17 07:45:07 UTC ]
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In a pair of briefs, Audible argued that Captions is simply a tool for enhancing audiobooks, and rejected what they see as an attempt to “paint Audible and its customers as copyright pirates guilty of ‘classic, willful' copyright infringement.’ Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Booksellers Association (BA) has launched the last of three rounds of Diversity & Inclusiveness Grants for its members. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-09 16:43:33 UTC ]
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When New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand was launching her since abandoned presidential campaign in Iowa in February, her talk at the Airliner restaurant in Iowa City got photobombed by a 22-year-old college student elbowing her way through a small crowd gathered around the bar. “Sorry, I’m just... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-09-03 09:00:00 UTC ]
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Do you like criminals in your manga? What about criminals as the main characters? If so, check out this list of crime manga! Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-08-15 10:34:10 UTC ]
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Abruptly-shuttered Pacific Standard is, in its final breaths, recommending some fall reading material in a list from contributing editor Maris Kreizman along with other contributors to the magazine. Senior editor Ted Scheinman writes, “While Pacific Standard won’t be around in the fall, these... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-08-14 18:09:20 UTC ]
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Author’s son explains that wish for accessibility has persuaded trustees to look past his father’s dislike of digital mediaAfter years of refusing to allow publishers to digitise his works, the estate of JD Salinger has announced that the author’s famously small body of work will be published as... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-08-12 15:49:19 UTC ]
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Edinburgh University Press (EUP) has bought the publishing assets of Scottish law specialists Avizandum Publishing Ltd for an undisclosed sum. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-12 13:58:07 UTC ]
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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 ]
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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 ]
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New Scottish indie press Haunt has passed a Kickstarter target for its first publication, an anthology of diverse gothic fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-09 01:04:16 UTC ]
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French publisher Editions de Fallois has announced that it will publish a collection of novellas and short stories by Marcel Proust, who you might remember from his very long, seven-volume À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time). Smithsonian.com reports: Agence... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-08-06 19:34:36 UTC ]
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Remember a few years ago when adults discovered coloring books and a wave of new pieces hailed them as a tool for mindfulness and dealing with anxiety? In a move both educational and depressingly efficient, this coloring book on climate change and renewable energy covers the topic that is... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-26 15:06:44 UTC ]
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The English version lands five years after the death of author Nabarun Bhattacharya. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-07-22 17:03:01 UTC ]
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A bookseller commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing by… building a giant space shuttle with egg cartons. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-22 12:00:31 UTC ]
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Amazon is facing a European Commission (EC) anti-trust investigation into how it uses sensitive data from independent retailers who sell on its marketplace. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-16 20:36:53 UTC ]
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David Walliams has narrated the audiobook of The Curse of the School Rabbit (HarperCollins), written and illustrated by Judith Kerr. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-10 12:22:15 UTC ]
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For real this time, folks. Yes, more than three years after New Line dashed the hopes of millions by trying and failing to adapt Gaiman’s insanely popular horror fantasy comic book series for the big screen, Netlix has inked a massive financial deal with Warner Bros. Television to adapt... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-01 19:56:50 UTC ]
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ABC, News Corp and Nine call for legislation to protect journalists and whistleblowers, saying a free press must be ‘entrenched in law’Media executives have united to call on the government to amend a range of laws to protect journalists and whistleblowers after a series of widely condemned... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-06-26 01:54:18 UTC ]
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Welcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device; sign up here. What people are talking about today: Cannes Lions is finished for another year and most of the industry is... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-06-24 10:25:28 UTC ]
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