Google’s effort to scan and digitize millions of library books violates copyright law and deprives authors of licensing fees, royalties and sales, a lawyer for the Authors Guild told an appeals court in New York yesterday (3rd December). The Authors Guild has taken its battle with Google over the digitizing of out-of-print library books to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in the US after a judge ruled in Google’s favour in 2013. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Victoria Aveyard, American author of ‘The Red Queen’ wins the ‘Buxtehuder Bulle,’ Germany's most renowned prize for young people’s literature. The post US Author Victoria Aveyard Wins Prestigious German Literary Award appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing giant Hachette is taking author Seth Grahame-Smith to court over latest manuscript they say is ‘in large part an appropriation of a 120-year-old public domain work’Pride and Prejudice and Zombies author Seth Grahame-Smith is being sued by his publisher for delivering a manuscript that... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For the second time in eight years of contentious litigation, three academic publishers have appealed a key fair use decision involving the use of unlicensed digitized course readings on college campuses to the U.S. Court of Appeals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Esther Allen talks about the six-year process of translating the classic Argentine novel "Zama," which is finally available to U.S. readers 50 years after its original publication. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Measures are part of a series of planned European commission changes designed to strengthen rights of creators and publishersNews publishers would have stronger rights to demand payment from digital giants such as Google and Facebook in exchange for using their content, under proposed European... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A digital advertising battle royale is taking shape, as Facebook appears to be moving forward with plans to compete against Google for programmatic ad dollars that have historically been dominated by the search giant.Facebook has a simple strategy: bring advertiser demand from the Facebook... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2016-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google is popping off against one of the most annoying practices among digital publishers: interstitial messages that obscure the content consumers seek via mobile search.Deeming most interstitials "intrusive," the world's largest search engine said Tuesday that publishers displaying... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2016-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Murray is taking three of its "most exciting and lauded" debut writers, Andrew Michael Hurley, Lisa McInerney and Jessie Greengrass, on a nationwide tour of Waterstones bookshops in Bath, Liverpool and London this September. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canelo imprint Abandoned Bookshop is on a quest to locate the surviving relatives of crime author Clifton Robbins as it prepares to republish two of his books which have been out of print for over 80 years. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The author of a book about the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden is to pay almost $7m (£5m) to the US government for violating non-disclosure agreements, according to the BBC. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The indie publisher has high hopes for a recently released memoir by U.S. Olympic swimmer Anthony Ervin after he unexpectedly became the oldest individual swimmer to win a gold medal in Rio. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Laurie Garrison’s call to arms is intended to foster collaboration ‘rejecting traditional models of publishing’The internet is not always a safe place for women, so there is something hearteningly radical about women staking a claim to this space to assert their own ambitions and interests. The... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scottish Book Trust is to increase the money paid to authors participating in its Live Literature programme to £175 out of a belief that writers, storytellers and illustrators “should be paid fairly for the important work that they do”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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360i chairman Bryan Wiener believes publishers shouldn't try to compete head on with Google and Facebook. Instead, they should see what opportunities there are to seize in a large, growing market that Google and Facebook aren't focused on. One place to start is by cleaning up their sites from... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Recently authors Margaret Atwood, Chuck Palahniuk, and William Gibson have all written (or announced) original comics projects in the hope of gaining new fans—and sales. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For the first time, a pair of self-published authors, Aaron and Jennifer Smith, took two spots on PW’s Religion Nonfiction Bestsellers list. Plus, Wanda Brunstetter topped the fiction list with the latest installment of her Amish Milionaire series. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Japan’s Fair Trade Commission has raided the offices of Amazon in Japan on suspicion of it pressuring retailers to offer products at lower prices than on rival sites, Reuters has reported. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S was incorrectly named in the original suit, but lawyers told PW that they are planning on filing suit against the book's current publisher, Wiley. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three British writers made the list of the world’s 14 highest paid authors, with Paula Hawkins entering the table for the first time. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google’s effort to give the web a speed boost is pressing more firmly on the gas pedal.The Accelerated Mobile Pages Project is moving beyond news sites to include other destinations on the web. Google is partnering with sites like eBay along with several publishers in pushing the effort along.... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2016-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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