The Internet Archive is starting to run out of legal options. Wired reports that the non-profit internet cataloguer of videos, games and books lost its appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The court rejected Archive.org’s claim in its ongoing lawsuit with several high profile book publishers that its virtual library of books can legally operate under the fair use doctrine. The lawsuit stems from the online archive’s National Emergency Library (NEL) that launched in March 2020. The NEL helped readers access library materials during the COVID pandemic with digitized copies of books that users could check out one at a time. Sometime later, the Internet Archive allowed users to check out an unlimited number of e-books and authors like Colson Whitehead and Neil Gaiman as well as the Authors Guild condemned the NEL, according to NPR. The website reinstated the book borrowing caps but it didn’t stop publishers like Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins and Random House from filing a lawsuit the following June. Less than three years later, a federal judge ruled in favor of the plaintiffs declaring the non-profit website violated the publishers’ copyright protections. The only upside for Archive.org’s appeal is the court’s recognition of the Internet Archive as a non-commercial entity. The Internet Archive still faces a separate copyright infringement lawsuit over its music digitization projects brought by Universal Music Group and Sony last year.This article... Continue reading at 'Engadget'
[ Engadget | 2024-09-04 20:24:53 UTC ]
George Saunders has been busy—teaching the craft of writing (rigorously, one might add) on Substack, as well as continuing to teach at Syracuse—but his personal writing hasn’t taken a backseat: on October 18, Random House will publish Liberation Day, his new short story collection. (!!!)... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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In March 2020, PW was racing to keep up with the changes to the industry unleashed by the start of the Covid pandemic. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Following the death of legendary Random House editor Jason Epstein, who cofounded On Demand Books with Dane Neller in 2003, Neller said that he believes there is still a place for ODB's signature creation, which the company has called “an ATM for books.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-04 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Read on for news about HarperCollins Children’s Books' new trade publishing line tied to seven-year-old YouTube phenomenon Diana, a new set of National Hockey League activity books, DK's growing publishing program with the Met, and other recent happenings in licensed publishing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Gina Gagliano, founder and former publishing director of Random House Graphic, has been named executive director of the Boston Book Festival. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-23 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Reviews Photo by Chris Wood / Flickr Houston’s Second Poet Laureate (2015–2017) and a member of the Texas Institute of Letters since 2019, Robin Davidson is the author of three books of poetry: Kneeling in the Dojo (2013), City That Ripens... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2022-02-22 21:17:17 UTC ]
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Book Reviews Photo by Chris Wood / Flickr Houston’s Second Poet Laureate (2015–2017) and a member of the Texas Institute of Letters since 2019, Robin Davidson is the author of three books of poetry: Kneeling in the Dojo (2013), City That Ripens... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2022-02-22 21:17:17 UTC ]
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Less than a year after HarperCollins purchased the trade division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a private equity firm has made an agreement to acquire the remainder of the learning technology company. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Erroll McDonald, v-p and executive editor at Alfred A. Knopf, pays tribute to the legendary Random House editor and industry entrepreneur, who died February 4 at age 93. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Tom Dupree, who was a senior editor at Bantam for much of the 1990s and later an executive editor at HarperCollins, died of in his New York home on February 7. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
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If you’ve been paying attention to local news in the past year, you’ve likely noticed the concerning wave of book bans sweeping the nation. Books by authors of color; books that acknowledge historical atrocities; books featuring LGBTQ+ characters; sex education books for teens; all are under... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-02-09 19:49:33 UTC ]
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The longtime Random House editor, who combined a deep passion for books with a shrewd business mind and, as a result, made multiple major contributions to 20th Century literary and publishing history, died on February 4. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
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He founded Anchor Books, publishing high-quality paperbacks in the 1950s, then led Random House and helped launch the New York Review of Books. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-02-05 02:25:43 UTC ]
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Former U.S. attorney general Eric Holder sells a book about voting rights to One World, Random House buys a memoir from Deadwood creator David Milch, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-04 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Urban Ministries, Inc. and HarperCollins Christian Publishing are extending their publishing and distribution partnership into a subscription-based digital platform, UrbanFaithStudy.com, which features sermons and other content by prominent Black pastors and authors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has released its first ethnicity pay gap report alongside its annual one for gender pay, announcing it will now use diverse, balanced shortlists for senior roles. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-25 13:17:00 UTC ]
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The new lifestyle imprint formed by HarperCollins following its acquisition of the trade division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will be called Harvest. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has snapped up the rights to the authorised biography of business leader Ratan Tata by Thomas Mathew. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-10 03:56:03 UTC ]
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As Skyhorse announced it will pick up a posthumous essay collection Random House didn't want, it's worth considering what Mailer is. He isn't canceled. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2022-01-06 21:32:06 UTC ]
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Norman Mailer's long-term US publisher Random House has declined to publish an anthology of his writing, with indie Skyhorse Publishing picking up the book instead, though the late author's son stressed his father has not been "cancelled". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-06 02:12:21 UTC ]
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