Fixed Pricing Law Project Gets the Green Light in Québec

Nearly 16 months after the Québec publishing industry began its quest for fixed pricing on new titles, they finally got what they wanted...sort of. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon's Fire HD 10 tablet drops to a record-low price ahead of October Prime Day

If you've been on the lookout for a killer deal on a perfectly decent tablet for streaming videos and catching up on some reading, hunt no more. Just ahead of the October edition of Prime Day, Amazon has slashed the price of the Fire HD 10 tablet to $75, which is a discount of $65. This matches... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2024-09-30 20:27:55 UTC ]
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Richard Price’s True Grit

After decades of writing raw and unflinching novels, screenplays, and scripts for television, the author is still curious and eager to learn—just don’t ask him how he feels about his process. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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New California law will force companies to admit you don't own digital content

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed AB 2426, a new law that requires digital marketplaces to make clearer to customers when they are only purchasing a license to access media. The law will not apply to cases of permanent offline downloads, only to the all-too-common situation of buying... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2024-09-26 20:30:54 UTC ]
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US Supreme Court: AAP, Authors Guild File Brief on Sexual Content Law

Banned Books Week: Association of American Publishers, Authors Guild, and others file an amicus brief with US Supreme Court. The post US Supreme Court: AAP, Authors Guild File Brief on Sexual Content Law appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-09-24 18:56:17 UTC ]
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PEN America Finds New State Laws Are Supercharging School Book Bans

In the 2023-2024 school year, state legislation was “particularly critical in accelerating book bans,” the report states, “making it easier to remove books from schools without due process, or in some cases, without any formal process whatsoever.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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An appeals court upholds a ruling that an online archive's book sharing violated copyright law

An appeals court has upheld an earlier finding that the online Internet Archive violated copyright law by scanning and sharing digital books without the publishers’ permission Continue reading at ABC News

[ ABC News | 2024-09-04 21:58:00 UTC ]
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Amazon's Kindle is back on sale at its Prime Day price

While you can do pretty much anything on your phone or tablet, sometimes having a dedicated device is the way to go. Opting for an ereader can help reduce eye strain compared with looking at a smartphone screen for hours on end. The battery will last longer too, and you won't have notifications... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2024-09-03 14:56:49 UTC ]
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Major Publishers, Authors Guild Sue Over New Florida Book Banning Law

A major lawsuit challenges Florida's book banning law, SPARE is finally coming out in paperback, and how the NYPL memed its way into saving more than 50 million bucks from being cut from its budget. All in today's top book news. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2024-08-29 16:33:25 UTC ]
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Major Publishers, Authors Guild Sue Over New Florida Book Banning Law

The August 29 complaint over H.B. 1069 argues that the statute is vague and overbroad, and that it has led to the improper removal of hundreds of books from school and classroom libraries in the state. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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San Diego Comic-Con 2024: Amid Industry Changes, the Con Lights Up the Skies

Amid a slew of exciting comics announcements and launches, Marvel flexed its massive budget at this year's convention with a drone show and other spectacles, while attendees and exhibitors alike expressed concerns over the cost of doing business at the con. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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What to read this week: The Light Eaters, Paranoid Gardens and I Was a Teenage Slasher

Recent releases in fiction, nonfiction and comics that caught our attention. I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones Stephen Graham Jones is something of an expert on slashers. The author has tackled the genre in a slew of his novels (most notably in the Indian Lake Trilogy, with its... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2024-07-20 13:30:12 UTC ]
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Best Prime Day SSD & storage deals: Relief from rising prices

Amazon Prime Day 2024 sales have hit their final stretch—so if you’ve been holding off on shopping for a new drive, now’s the time to act. Many SSDs, HDDs, and external storage from popular manufacturers are still at low or all-time low prices, with capacities ranging from 512GB all the... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2024-07-17 10:00:00 UTC ]
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Sweden’s Marie Tomičić: A Small Publisher Goes Green

Small publishers can contribute to the green transition, publisher Marie Tomičić says: 'Connect the change to your brand.' The post Sweden’s Marie Tomičić: A Small Publisher Goes Green appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-07-11 18:30:22 UTC ]
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Customer Traffic Improving at Books-A-Million, Half Price Books

Data from Placer.ai shows that, while both bookstore chains have had some successes in increasing customer traffic, their gains in 2024 trail that of Barnes & Noble. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Remembering Samuel Roth, the Bookseller Who Defied America’s Obscenity Laws

Samuel Roth was the sort of bookseller whose wares came wrapped in brown paper. Titles like Gershon Legman’s The Sexual Conduct of Men and Women, Maxwell Bodenheim’s My Life and Loves in Greenwich Village, and most notoriously his anthologized periodical of high-brow smut, American Aphrodite: A... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Green, Santella Up in PRH Children's Sales Reorg

Becky Green has been promoted to SVP for retail and Penguin Young Readers sales, and Mark Santella has been promoted to SVP for mass merchandise and Random House Children’s sales. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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British Academy Prize: ‘Courting India’ With a Photo Project

The British Academy Book Prize is preparing a specially commissioned photographic exhibition based on its 2023 winner, 'Courting India.' The post British Academy Prize: ‘Courting India’ With a Photo Project appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-06-19 20:24:58 UTC ]
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How to Fix ‘AI’s Original Sin’

Last month, TheNew York Times claimed that tech giants OpenAI and Google have waded into a copyright gray area by transcribing the vast volume of YouTube videos and using that text as additional training data for their AI models despite terms of service that prohibit such efforts and copyright... Continue reading at O'Reilly Radar

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At Hearing, Appeals Court Appears Skeptical of Injunction Blocking Iowa’s Book Ban Law

During a tense 30-minute oral argument, the court suggested that federal judge Stephen Locher may have overstepped in preliminarily enjoining key provisions of Iowa law SF 496 on constitutional grounds. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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