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Conferences
ALA 2016 Midwinter Meeting: Ken Burns Talks About the Creative Process
In a fascinating talk, Ken Burns, Terry Tempest Williams, and Mark Kurlansky delved deep into the creative process.
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Retailing
DOJ Urges Supreme Court to Deny Apple’s E-book Appeal
In an opposition brief filed on December 23, the U.S. Department of Justice urged the Supreme Court not to hear Apple’s appeal in the long-running e-book price-fixing case.
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Content / e-books
Authors Guild Petitions Supreme Court to Hear Google Case
Authors Guild executives say that the case represents an opportunity for the Supreme Court to clarify fair use for the digital age.
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Libraries
Why James Billington’s Retirement is a Wake-Up Call for Librarians
In quieter decades, the absence of charismatic, visionary library leaders might not have mattered. But in the Internet age, it is a self-inflicted wound.
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Content / e-books
Amicus Briefs Support Apple's Supreme Court Bid
In all, seven briefs have been filed in the case, at least five of which support Apple’s contention that the lower courts erred in finding Apple had conspired with publishers to fix e-book prices.
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Copyright
J.D. Salinger Copyright Suit is Dropped
The suit had accused the Salinger Literary Trust of “tortiously interfering” with the Devault-Graves Agency's attempts to license foreign editions of its book, 'J.D. Salinger: Three Early Stories.'
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Industry News
What Are Students Reading?: The Most Checked-Out School Library Books
Follett, distributor of technologies, services and digital and print content to the educational market, has created Follett Students’ Choice, a new tool that ranks the top 50 books with the most checkouts in a given month.
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Industry News
School & Library Spotlight: Hot Topics for School Libraries
Makerspaces, computer coding for kids, the Transform Your School Library initiative, and other topics that school librarians are buzzing about.
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Shows & Events
ALA Midwinter 2016 Spotlight
From Jan. 8–12, nearly 10,000 librarians will gather in Boston for the American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting. Here's what you can expect, and the programming not to miss.
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Libraries
PW's Top 10 Library Stories of 2015
We take a look back at some of the library stories that captivated the publishing world in 2015, and a look ahead at what they portend for 2016.
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Shows & Events
ALA Midwinter 2016 Spotlight: ALA Midwinter Program Picks
The American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting is where the association conducts its business—committees move forward (however glacially), and hardworking but fun-filled awards committees arrive at their hotly contested decisions.
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Content / e-books
Penguin Random House Unifies E-book Terms for Libraries
Effective January 1, 2016, all Penguin e-books purchased by libraries after January 1 will be licensed on a perpetual access model.
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Content / e-books
In Amicus Brief, Authors Guild, ABA, B&N Back Apple
A coalition of authors groups and booksellers is urging the Supreme Court to reverse the verdict in Apple's e-book price-fixing case.
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Content / e-books
DoJ Gets Extension in Apple Case
Department of Justice attorneys now have until January 4, 2016 to file any opposition briefs to Apple's petition for the Supreme Court to hear the company's appeal in the e-book price-fixing case.
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Libraries
Will Google Cardboard Change Publishing?
Virtual reality and our rapidly evolving visual culture portend a revolution in how we tell our stories. Will today’s publishers be part of it?
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Libraries
Lessons from Seattle’s Failed Bid to Rebrand its Public Library
Rebranding efforts in libraries are not uncommon, but a recent, ill-fated bid to rebrand the Seattle Public Library generated a public controversy.
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Content / e-books
At the New Zola Books, Focus Is On Tech
Zola Books didn't work out as a book retailer, so its literary agent founder has refocused the company.
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Libraries
Check It Out with Andrew Richard Albanese: How the Google Books Case Could Change Fair Use On Campus
Perhaps the biggest question to come from Pierre Leval’s written opinion in the extraordinary case of Google Books, is how it might ripple into the day-to-day application of fair use in higher education.
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Content / e-books
Apple Asks Supreme Court to Overturn E-books Decision
In its petition, Apple suggested a negative effect on the economy if the decision was left to stand.
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Copyright
Court Punts Salinger Copyright Case to New Hampshire
A copyright lawsuit filed by Memphis-based indie publisher the Devault-Graves Agency against the Salinger Literary Trust is moving from Tennessee to New Hampshire, where Salinger’s heir, Colleen Salinger resides.