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Libraries
Check It Out With Michael Kelley: Open Access Publishing
Can a group of libraries help to pioneer a new path in academic publishing?
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LibrariesALA Summit Under Way at Library of Congress
ALA executive director Keith Fiels told PW the event was designed to help "get in front of things that might affect libraries in the long term.”
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Libraries
Sari Feldman Elected 2015-2016 ALA President
Sari Feldman, executive director of the Cuyahoga County Public Library, will lead the American Library Association for the 2015-16 term.
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Industry News
Nonfiction, Common Core, and More: An ABPA Panel
Spirits were high during a candid and informal ABPA discussion about shifts and trends in the children's publishing industry, held on April 22 in New York City.
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Content / e-books
Open Road, HarperCollins Back in Court
HarperCollins and Open Road were back in court last week, as the parties have not worked out a final resolution to their copyright dispute over Open Road’s e-book edition of Jean Craighead George’s "Julie of the Wolves."
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Frankfurt Book Fair
Changes Coming to Frankfurt Book Fair
The biggest change, set to take effect in 2015, is that English-language and American exhibitors will move from their longtime home in Hall 8.0, closer to “the heart of the action” in Halls 6.0 and 4.0.
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Content / e-books
States Accuse Apple of Stonewalling E-Book Case
In a blistering opposition motion, 33 state attorneys have made their feelings known to the Second Circuit: Apple, they say, is blatantly stonewalling.
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Content / e-books
Apple Wins Temporary Stay from Second Circuit
The Second Circuit has issued an administrative stay while a three-judge panel reviews Judge Denise Cote’s decision to proceed with the damages phase of Apple's e-book price-fixing case.
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Libraries
The P&L Sheet: My Year of Reading Quickly
This past year I served on the selection committee for the American Library Association’s Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction & Nonfiction—a task I undertook with a good amount of dread.
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Content / e-books
Apple Denied a Stay; Trial to Remain in New York
In separate orders this week, the court denied Apple’s request for a stay of all proceedings pending appeal, as well as its bid to have the damages trial moved from New York.
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Publisher News
Book Industry Weighs in on Key Free Speech Case
A coalition of publishers, booksellers and libraries argue that pre-enforcement challenges are "a critical tool for protecting free speech."
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Comics
How to Throw a Comic Con at Your Library
Over the past few years, there's been an explosion in attendance and enthusiasm for comic book conventions around the world. At the same time, graphic novels have become one of the hottest categories at U.S. libraries.
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Content / e-books
Apple Loses Another E-book Decision
Judge Denise Cote yesterday rejected Apple’s November 2013 motion to dismiss the states’ class action claims for lack of standing.
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Content / e-books
New Schedule Set for Apple Damages Trial
It is official: Apple’s tentatively scheduled May damages trial has been moved to July. In an order filed yesterday, Judge Denise Cote set out a new schedule for the parties, culminating with a July 14 trial.
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Libraries
ALA: 'Captain Underpants' Most Challenged Book of 2013
Compiled annually by the ALA, the list collects "reports on book challenges from librarians, teachers, concerned individuals and press reports."
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Libraries
ALA Report: School Libraries Under Fire
Libraries remain popular, but the American Library Association's State of American Libraries report also features a sobering message: school libraries have been devastated by budget cuts nationwide.
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Common Core
Cut to the Core: Modesto to Replace Librarians with Teachers
On March 6, the Modesto Bee reported that “Modesto [Calif.] city schools are poised to cut 29 full-time teaching positions for next year, including most elementary school librarians.”
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair 2014: Goodbye Earls Court, Hello Olympia
You may know that the London Book Fair is moving for 2015 and beyond. But what you may not know is that its new home, the Olympia London, is pretty spectacular.
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair 2014: PW Talks with Kobo President Michael Tamblyn
Is Kobo the anti-Amazon? On the floor of the London Book Fair, we caught up with Kobo's newly installed president and chief content officer Michael Tamblyn to talk about the value of partnerships.
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair 2014: Great Debate: Is Bigger Always Better?
With the recent consolidation of Penguin Random House fresh in everyone’s minds, this year’s London Book Fair Great Debate argued the proposition: "It’s all about size, bigger is always better."
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