Free Speech, Digital Piracy Headline AAP Annual Meeting

A collection of speakers at the Tuesday event discussed suppression of free speech in public schools, the protection of intellectual property, and how some educational software is now being crafted in the form of social media. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BISG Annual Meeting Looks Beyond the Book

The Book Industry Study Group Annual Meeting highlighted the growing benefits of data capture and feedback, among other trends. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Supreme Court Delivers Key Free Speech Decision

The decision affirms that a person, organization or business should not have to risk prosecution to challenge the Constitutionality of a law with First Amendment implications. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Industry Weighs in on Key Free Speech Case

A coalition of publishers, booksellers and libraries argue that pre-enforcement challenges are "a critical tool for protecting free speech." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London Book Fair 2014: Meeting Publishers’ Digital Needs

The proliferation of digital devices in the classroom and the reinvention of education from traditional models to new, more interactive and individualized means of learning will change education publishing faster and farther than other segments, says executive director Bill McCoy of IDPF. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AAP Stands With Pubs For Free Expression in India

In the wake of Wendy Doniger's book recall, the organization issued a statement of "solidarity with publishing colleagues in India" that calls for reform of the Indian penal codes. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AAP Meeting Looks at ‘Disruption,’ Welcomes Hillary Clinton

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hillary Clinton to Deliver 2014 AAP Meeting Keynote

She will address representatives from the over 400 member organizations of the trade association on March 19 in New York City. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Len Riggio Addresses B&N Annual Shareholders Meeting

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital consumer protection revealed in Queen's Speech

Consumer protection laws will be updated to include digital purchases such as ebooks, the Queen... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Publishers at Cannes: Sleepless Nights, Chilled Ros and Meetings, Meetings, Meetings

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How Free Is Free Expression?

For 150 years, publishing has been the site where this question is vigorously debated, writes ‘PW’ veteran Gayle Feldman. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Digital Solutions in India 2018: Instructional Design in Digital Publishing

Education has finally started moving. And like events at the edge of a black hole, where the laws of physics stop working, this transformation of education from its traditional methodology is taking place so quickly that it is already happening before we are even aware of it. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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