Eight months after the takeover by privately-owned Droege International Group was hailed as a passage for a safe new future, German book chain Weltbild is back in the headlines, and for all the wrong reasons. While the employee council and the management installed by the new owner are fighting publicly about further redundancies, Weltbild’s financial performance is also under close scrutiny since trade credit insurer Euler Hermes terminated its contract in mid-March. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Four weeks after Weltbild's owners, a consortium of 12 diocese of the Catholic Church,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Germany is currently living through its “Borders incident," as Verlagsgruppe Weltbild, one of its largest bookselling companies, filed for insolvency January 10. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Verlagsgruppe Weltbild, one of the largest German media companies with major interests in both... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Canadian publisher Icon Empire Press has accused German bookseller Weltbild of "hypocrisy... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Germany’s Catholic Church has taken Weltbild—one of the largest publishing groups and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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A “high-profile defeat” for publishers is how Brandon Butler, director of public policy initiatives at the Association of Research Libraries, described the May 11 verdict in Cambridge University Press et. al. v. Mark Becker et. al., a closely watched copyright case involving the use of... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The London Book Fair has opened in a mood of uncertainty and anger as the industry continues... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Anya Sieg Publication Date: Thu, 06/10/2011 - 17:26 German booksellers Weltbild and Hugendubel have launched their own ebook reader, a week before the Kindle goes onsale in Germany. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 07/04/2011 - 09:06 Introducing an American-style "fair use" exception for intellectual property would result in greater uncertainty for copyright holders, the Society of Authors and Association of Authors Agents have claimed. Both... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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