Official secrets proposals are threat to publishers

Jo Glanville argues that the Law Commission's proposals for reforming official secrets legislation would limit editors’ freedom to publish in the public interest. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Official secrets proposals are threat to publishers

Jo Glanville argues that the Law Commission's proposals for reforming official secrets legislation would limit editors’ freedom to publish in the public interest. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AI could be an existential threat to publishers – that’s why Mumsnet is fighting back | Justine Roberts

There is nothing wrong with mining content for data, but it has to be properly regulated and creators must be compensatedJustine Roberts is the CEO of MumsnetAfter nearly 25 years as a founder of Mumsnet, I considered myself pretty unshockable when it came to the workings of big tech. But my jaw... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-09-28 07:00:09 UTC ]
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‘Songwriters deserve a bigger piece of the pie’: the music publishing boss on the threat of AI

Shani Gonzales of Warner Chappell says that although people are ‘having fun’ with creating AI songs, ‘what happens when someone tries to sell it?’Arriving in London in the teeth of the pandemic to take a top music industry job, Shani Gonzales had few opportunities to immerse herself in British... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-06-25 13:00:26 UTC ]
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Publishers, Internet Archive Submit Proposed Judgment in Copyright Case

More than four months after a federal judge found the Internet Archive liable for copyright infringement, the parties have delivered a negotiated agreement for a judgment to be entered in the case. A final resolution could still be years away, however, as the Internet Archive has vowed to appeal. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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A New Startup Proposes Influencer-Driven Publishing

Bindery, cofounded by Matt Kaye and Meg Harvey, wants to harness the bookselling power of TikTok and other social media platforms by putting influencers at the helms of their own "micro-imprints." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
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That long-promised, official Barbra Streisand memoir is finally getting published

'My Name Is Barbra,' the memoir that superstar Barbra Streisand said she's been working on for more than a decade, will be published this fall. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-02-08 20:02:43 UTC ]
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Official biography of Terry Pratchett to be published

A Life With Footnotes, by the late author’s former assistant and friend, has been authorised by Pratchett’s estate and is due to be released in SeptemberRob Wilkins, Terry Pratchett’s former assistant and friend, is writing the official biography of the late Discworld author, which will move... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2022-01-26 11:21:41 UTC ]
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It's Official: Book Publishing Sales Held at $25 Billion in 2020

The Association of American Publishers released its final report on 2020 industry sales today and the figures show another flat year, with sales down 0.2% compared to 2019, slipping to $25.71 billion. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Self-censorship a growing threat to publishing freedom, warns IPA

Self-censorship on sensitive issues like religion and sexuality is a growing threat to the freedom to publish, the International Publishers Assocation has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-16 07:59:13 UTC ]
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Duckworth to publish new edition of Beyond the Secret Garden

Duckworth Books will publish a new edition of Ann Thwaite's Beyond the Secret Garden—a biography of children's author Frances Hodsgon Burnett—with an introduction by Jacqueline Wilson. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-30 20:13:37 UTC ]
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Publishers Share Their Social Distribution Secrets

Since Yahoo first organized its directory of websites (manually, no less) in 1994, past the “portal” years of “carriage fees” and syndication agreements, and through a decade of ever-changing search and social indexing algorithms, digital distribution has been a frustrating, elusive and often... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2020-02-12 18:56:47 UTC ]
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Audible, Publishers Trade Proposals in Captions Litigation

In an October 30 letter to the court, Audible attorneys asked the judge to "preserve the status quo" while Audible considers a proposal made by the publishers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-31 04:00:00 UTC ]
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NYT's 'Anonymous' Trump Official to Publish with Twelve

The White House staffer who wrote an anonymous opinion piece for the 'New York Times' last year, in which he declared himself "part of the resistance," is publishing a book with Hachette's Twelve imprint. 'A Warning' is set to be released next month. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Psst. Turns out 80% of books published in 1924-1963 are secretly in the public domain.

This year, for the first time in over two decades, a slew of work entered the public domain: everything first published in the United States in 1923, to be precise. (And yes, next year we’ll get the goods from 1924.) “But there’s another source of public domain works,” Cory Doctorow writes at... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2019-08-02 16:44:41 UTC ]
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The perfect buyer for the National Enquirer, Runner’s World does retail, The Onion’s threats: Publisher’s Brief

Welcome to the latest edition of Ad Age Publisher's Brief, our roundup of news from the world of content producers across digital and print. Got a tip? Send it our way. Joining us late? Here's the previous edition. All Peckered out: Supermarket tabloid the National Enquirer, as you’ve probably... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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IBPA University 2019: Raccah Spills Secrets to Indie Publishing Success

The Independent Book Publishers Association held its annual IBPA University this year April 5-6 in Chicago, where 325 attendees mixed and mingled and talked shop about indie publishing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Secret Civil Servant to publish with Headline

An anonymous civil servant’s "hilarious and horrifying" account of government amid Brexit chaos will be published by Headline in March 2019, a few weeks before Britain is due to leave the EU. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline to publish official Queer Eye tie-in

Headline is publishing the official tie-in to the hit Netflix show "Queer Eye", authored by "the Fab Five" themselves. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Otter-Barry Books to publish official National Poetry Day anthology

Independent publisher Otter-Barry Books will this autumn publish Poetry For a Change, the official children’s anthology for National Poetry Day on 4th October.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers call for rethink of proposed changes to online privacy laws

Warning that new regulations will give Google, Apple and Facebook too much control of advertising and personal dataAn alliance of news publishers has called on European regulators to rethink proposed changes to online privacy laws, arguing that they will potentially kill their digital businesses... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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