A second day of arguments was heard in federal court in Austin over a motion by a consortium of booksellers and book business organizations to block HB 900, Texas's controversial new book rating law. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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The festival featured more than 40 authors who spoke on panels, signed copies of their books, and met with readers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Isn't it ironic that tiny nuances of tax law can often cause colossal results out in the real world? It's one of those judgments that has rocked Europe after its highest court ruled that ebooks aren't actually goods at all. Currently, paper books so... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2015-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-books must be subject to the full rate of value-added tax (VAT), and European Union countries may not extend tax exemptions for books to include ebooks, the EU’s highest court ruled Thursday, adding that it considers downloadable ebooks to be services.Most EU member states, with the exception... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2015-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Harper Lee rejects claims she is being pressured into releasing a "lost" novel, saying she is "happy as hell". Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2015-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Foenkinos’s "Charlotte," the story of a German painter who died at Auschwitz at the age of 26, rose six spots to hit #1 on France’s fiction list in November. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Campaigners and prominent trade figures, including many high-profile authors, have expressed their delight with the High Court’s decision to rule the government's ban on sending books to prisoners unlawful. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The High Court has deemed the government’s ban on sending books to prisoners unlawful. Mr Justice Collins today (5th December) declared the ban unlawful saying he could see “no good reason” for the rule, “in the light of the importance of books for prisoners.” New measures were brought in in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Madefire, creator of the Motion Books interactive comics platform, is teaming up with educational games creator JumpStart to create motion books digital stories for its Neopets online community. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers and retailers will aim to prevent ebook prices from soaring when a new European-wide VAT law on digital products is introduced on 1st January. Following a European Commission ruling dating back to 2008, ebooks and other digital services—including broadcasting and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The European Union's highest court has ruled that libraries can digitize books without the permission of copyright holders. The court argues that libraries have the right to provide free information to the public and don't need to obtain licensing if they want to make books available to users... Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that libraries have the right to digitize books and distribute them to dedicated reading terminals without first obtaining the publisher's permission. The decision rests on exceptions built... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2014-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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European libraries may digitize books and make them available at electronic reading points without first gaining consent of the copyright holder, the highest European Union court ruled Thursday.The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled in a case in which the Technical University of... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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I don’t have any do’s for writing book reviews on slavery—I don’t have any do’s for writing book reviews, period—but I have a few don’ts, courtesy of the Economist’s now-withdrawn review of The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism, a new book from Cornell... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2014-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the six months since its debut, the $14 million Oyster ebook subscription platform has yet to take off. What's lacking? What could be improved? We advise. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A New York court has held that ebook publisher Open Road infringed HarperCollins’ copyright with its ebook edition of Jean Craighead George’s 1973 bestselling children’s book "Julie of the Wolves." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook has to comply with German data protection law, the Higher Court of Berlin ruled in a decision that directly contradicted an earlier decision by another court.The Berlin court confirmed a 2012 verdict that found that Facebook’s Friend Finder violated German law because it was unclear to... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2014-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publisher says it was forced to withdraw Wendy Doniger's book The Hindus because of law threatening jail for insults to religionPenguin India has said "intolerant and restrictive" Indian laws forced it to remove a book from sale after it tried to defend an American author's religious history... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Years of effort on behalf of publishers has resulted in a new fixed book price law in Slovenia, which should help stabilize the tiny nation's book business. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amid a general book market decline, the Polish Chamber of Books (PIK) has drafted a bill which is set to introduce fixed prices for new book releases for 18 months after publication. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The company Really Big Coloring Books Inc. says the book is already on its third printing. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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