LSU has filed a lawsuit against Elsevier, claiming the publisher is wrongly blocking students in its veterinary school from accessing the library’s Elsevier subscriptions. Elsevier officials, meanwhile, are characterizing the contract dispute as a negotiation, and say they hope to settle it commercially. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The winners of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, which honor outstanding books that address racism and diversity, will go this year to authors Jesmyn Ward, Kevin Young, N. Scott Momaday and Shane McCrae. Each will be awarded a prize of $10,000. Ward won the fiction award for "Sing, Unburied, Sing,"... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Elsevier has reported a median pay gap of 40%, more than twice the UK average of 18.4% and the highest yet reported by a publishing company. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A court in Alabama unsealed the will of Harper Lee, and the result raises questions about the fate of the estate of the author of “To Kill A Mockingbird.” The New York Times sued to have the document made public. Generally a will would have been part of the public record. Lee's will had been... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'We have no choice but to interpret this suit as the intimidating action that it is,' says the leadership of the Association of Canadian Publishers in a statement on the lawsuit by almost 100 school boards and education ministries. The post Canadian Publishers Blast School Boards’ Lawsuit of... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Sherman Alexie has claimed no recollection "of physically or verbally threatenening anybody or their careers" even as he apologized for "things that have harmed other people." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Milo Yiannopoulos has dropped his multi-million pound legal case against Simon & Schuster US. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The rightwing provocateur, who recently attempted to represent himself in court, and his former publisher asked that the case be dismissed ‘without costs or fees to either party’Rightwing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos is dropping a lawsuit against his former publisher Simon & Schuster, after... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a very brief filing made late last week in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Milo Yiannopoulos withdrew his lawsuit against his former publisher, Simon & Schuster, with prejudice. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Right wing troll Milo Yiannopoulos has officially dropped his lawsuit against Simon & Schuster. Last July, he announced he was suing the book publisher for wrongfully terminating a contract for his book, Dangerous, after Yiannopoulos made comments that seemed to defend pedophilia. The suit... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2018-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Milo Yiannopoulos, the right-wing provocateur and writer, has dropped his lawsuit against Simon & Schuster over the publisher’s cancelation of his book "Dangerous" last year. In a document filed with the New York State Supreme Court, Yiannopoulos withdrew his legal action against the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Milo Yiannopoulos’ lawyers have reportedly asked to step down from his lawsuit against Simon & Schuster following a "breakdown in the relationship". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The music, video, and book industries have had metadata problems in common for years—and one solution, blockchain, is a technique publishing could learn from the music business. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-12-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'We trust that the European Commission will take the specific nature of the (ebook) sector into account," says the Börsenverein' Jessica Sänger. The post European Booksellers Cheer as Digital Market Talks on Ebooks and Geo-Blocking appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The European and International Booksellers Federation (EIBF) has praised proposals devised between European Parliament, the Commission and the Council which will ensure the geo-blocking regulation will not apply to ebooks. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The U.S. Department of Justice has sued to block AT&T’s proposed $85-billion purchase of Time Warner Inc. — one of the largest media mergers in American history — arguing that a bulked-up AT&T would stifle competition and lead to higher prices for consumers. “This merger would greatly... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Industry bodies are holding urgent discussions on tackling the issue of sexual harassment in the trade, following publication of the findings of The Bookseller’s survey on the issue last week. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comic Arts Brooklyn 2017, an indie and self-published comics festival, relocated this year to a spacious new venue on the Pratt Institute, allowing the show to dramatically increase the number of participating publishers and artists. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publisher Springer Nature has blocked access to 1,000 journal articles in China. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A federal judge in Hawaii on Tuesday issued an order blocking major parts of President Trump’s newest travel ban, suggesting it violated immigration law. The decision from U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson in Honolulu stops the administration’s travel restrictions nationwide before they were... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After oral arguments on Thursday, a New York State Supreme Court rejected Simon & Schuster’s motion to dismiss Milo Yiannopoulos’ $10 million breach of contract lawsuit over the cancellation of his book, 'Dangerous." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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