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Content / e-books
3M Adds Audiobooks to Cloud Library System
The collection will debut with 40,000 titles, powered by Findaway World, including offerings from every major publisher.
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Content / e-books
Apple: Biased Judge Should Not Decide Damages
In a summary judgment filing, Apple argues that Judge Denise Cote is biased, and should not decide Apple's damages.
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Content / e-books
Rowman & Littlefield Signs Library E-Book Deal
Under the new partnership the publisher will provide e-books directly to the Douglas County Libraries at a flat discount, which will then own, and host the content on its own proprietary system for e-book lending.
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Content / e-books
OverDrive Acquires TeachersNotebook.com
The acquisition gives users of TeachersNotebook.com exposure to OverDrive’s network of schools and libraries.
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Content / e-books
Apple Appeal: Judge Botched E-book Case
Apple’s appeal of its price-fixing case boils down to this: Judge Denise Cote blew it. "The evidence," Apple argues, "cannot support a finding of a conspiracy."
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Content / e-books
Apple Wants to Move E-book Damages Trial
Apple is looking to escape from New York. In a filing this week, Apple attorneys argue that Judge Denise Cote does not have jurisdiction to oversee its upcoming damages trial.
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Content / e-books
Apple Remains Defiant After Loss on Monitor Appeal
In a letter filed yesterday, Apple advised the court that it would only provide those documents to the monitor that it viewed as being within the monitor’s narrow mandate.
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Content / e-books
After Losing Monitor Appeal, Apple Gets a Referee
The appointment of Dolinger to oversee any future disputes appears designed to ensure any future Apple disputes have merit, and that the parties are at least working constructively to resolve those disputes.
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Content / e-books
Byliner Publishes Enhanced 'American Icons' E-Books
The first three titles to be released will be I Love Lucy, The Vietnam Veteran's Memorial, and The Disney Parks.
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Conferences
PLA Preview 2014: How Do You Manage?
As public librarians head to Indianapolis, for PLA 2014, there has been progress on the digital front, the economy has held steady, and a series of Pew surveys have reinforced the public’s love of libraries. But in an age of rapidly changing technology and information overload, how are public librarians managing?
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Conferences
PLA 2014: Seven Trends in Children’s and Teen Library Services
What are the big issues children and teen librarians will be discussing at PLA?
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Conferences
PLA Preview 2014: What’s the Big Idea?
Public Library Association President Carolyn Anthony faces a dilemma. “There’s so much I’m looking forward to that it’s hard to know where to start,” she says, when asked for her perspective on the division’s upcoming biennial conference, set for March 11–15 in Indianapolis, Ind. “I look forward to meeting people whom I’ve long admired, such as Jane Pauley, Ann Patchett, and Richard Ford, some of whom I’ll even get to have lunch with and chat with a bit. And to close with David Sedaris?
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Common Core
Cut to the Core: Resource Selection and the Common Core
The rollout of the Common Core standards may be mired in controversy, but the education materials marketplace is booming.
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Publisher News
IPA Criticizes Fair Use Proposal in Australia
A report advocating the inclusion of fair use provisions in Australia’s copyright laws has drawn criticism from the International Publishers Association.
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Content / e-books
Connecticut: ‘Wait and See’ How Library E-book Market Develops
A report from the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection on the state of the library e-book market has recommended no legislative initiatives, instead advocating a “wait and see” approach.
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Content / e-books
Second Circuit Denies Apple's Monitor Appeal
A three-judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has denied Apple a stay of its court-ordered external monitor.
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Libraries
Check It Out with Michael Kelley: Small Libraries Make a Big Impact
Big libraries get all the attention. But in late September of 2013, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) issued an interesting report on small and rural libraries in the United States.
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Content / e-books
Libraries, E-books and ReadersFirst
ReadersFirst was born because libraries need to have in-house e-book collections,” explains Rachel Wood of the Arlington Va. Public Library, a member of the Leadership Working Group of ReadersFirst, an international coalition of libraries that have banded together to set down principles, standards and goals for libraries looking to offer digital content to their patrons.
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Awards & Prizes
Elsevier Takes Home Top Honor at AAP PROSE Awards
For the sixth year in a row, the PROSE program attracted a record-breaking number of submissions: 535 entries of books, reference works, journals and electronic products in more than 40 categories.
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Common Core
Getting Up to Speed on Common Core: An ABPA Panel
Publishing professionals gathered for an informal discussion about the Common Core during a January 30 event sponsored by the American Book Producers Association.