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Libraries
Librarians Set to Descend on Capitol Hill for National Library Legislative Day
The Week in Libraries, May 4, 2018: Among this week's headlines, librarians prepare to make their case to lawmakers in Washington D.C. as a rescission package looms; Congress could wade into the net neutrality battle.
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Copyright
After 17 Years of Litigation, 'Freelance' Writers Finally Collect
Payments of more than $9 million have finally been issued to thousands of freelance writers following the 2014 settlement of a class action case filed in the wake of the landmark Tasini vs. New York Times, the seminal legal battle of the digital publishing era.
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Libraries
University Presses Are Not in Crisis
The Week in Libraries, April 27, 2018: Among the headlines this week, changing the narrative on university press publishing; FSU says it will bail on its "unsustainable" Elsevier contract; and, is open access making a difference yet?
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Libraries
For Libraries, It Was a Good Week on Capitol Hill
The Week in Libraries, April 20, 2018: Among this week's headlines, a copyright treaty to extend book access to the blind and print disabled sails through its Senate hearing; Support builds for FY2019 federal library funding.
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Publisher News
OUP Moves Up Forthcoming Book on Facebook
The press is crashing Siva Vaidhyanathan’s 'Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy' for a June publication.
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Libraries
Libraries Offer Many Services, But Reading Is Foundational
PW library columnist Sari Feldman on how putting books first has proven to be a winning strategy for her library.
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Libraries
MLS Not Required: After Contentious Debate, ALA Ballot Measure Fails
The Week in Libraries, April 13, 2018—Among this week's headlines: No MLS required for the next ALA boss; Wanda Brown wins ALA presidency.
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair 2018: Robert Darnton on Publishing Then and Now
PW talks to the renowned historian and former Harvard University librarian about his new book, 'A Literary Tour de France,' and the publishing business then, and now.
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair 2018: Why Amazon’s 'Digital Roots' Will Reshape Physical Retail
On a Christmas Eve shopping visit to the bustling Amazon Books in New York, journalist Cherie Hu realized that Amazon had flipped the table on the analog environment of traditional bookselling.
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair 2018: Meet the World’s First #1 Bestselling ‘Blockchain’ Author
Does the burgeoning technology—best known in the finance industry for powering cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin—hold promise for publishing?
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair 2018: Why the Problem with Facebook, Is Facebook
In the the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, PW talks to University of Virginia Media Studies professor Siva Vaidhyanathan, author of the forthcoming 'Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy' (Oxford University Press) about Facebook’s sprawling influence in our lives, and what happens next.
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair 2018: How Committed Is Canada to Its Writers and Publishers?
Two recently filed lawsuits have intensified the copyright battle in Canada following the country's 2012 Copyright Modernization Act.
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair 2018: Four Questions for...Brianna Schofield, Executive Director of the Authors Alliance
Ahead of its fourth anniversary, how is the organization faring? PW recently caught up with Brianna Schofield, executive directors of the Authors Alliance.
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair 2018: Testing the Limits of Big Data
Our lives these days are increasingly shaped by data. But in his latest book, 'The Efficiency Paradox: What Big Data Can't Do', Edward Tenner documents how the futurist’s dream of a friction-free world has dimmed considerably.
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair 2018: 30 Years After 'The Alchemist' Paulo Coelho is Still Making Magic
As his bestselling work turns 30, the internationally revered author is set to publish his new book, 'Hippie.'
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair 2018: Four Questions for Paulo Coelho
PW caught up with Coelho ahead of the London Book Fair to ask about his new book, and to get his quick take on the publishing industry today.
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair 2018: Check Out the Translation Database
Now hosted on the Publishers Weekly website, the Translation Database is a huge boon for the translation community, and an invaluable resource.
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair 2018: Publishing in the 'Mid-Digital' Age
“We live in this amazing age where incredible things are possible, but people are routinely quite disappointed,” said Tom Goodwin, head of innovation for Zenith Media, in his opening keynote at the London Book Fair’s Quantum pre-conference.
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Libraries
Are We Headed for a Pay-for-Privacy World?
The Week in Libraries: April 6, 2018: Among this week's headlines, Apple and Facebook weigh in on your privacy; Librarians weigh in on the 2020 Census; And via Twitter, a mystery in a Scottish library.
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Libraries
Tim Wu: Net Neutrality 'As Important, If Not More Important, than the First Amendment'
“If we do one thing over the next few years,” Wu said, “it must be to restore net neutrality it must be to restore our informational freedoms.”