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Content / e-books
Judge Tells Apple to Take Monitor Complaints to the DoJ
In typically swift fashion, Judge Denise Cote this week responded to Apple’s complaints about its external monitor Michael Bromwich.
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Content / e-books
Apple Doesn’t Like Its External Monitor
Attorneys for Apple have complained that the external monitor appointed to oversee its antitrust training is overstepping his bounds and overcharging for his services.
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LibrariesALA 2014 Midwinter Preview: Let’s Talk It Out
The conference theme of the 2014 ALA Midwinter Meeting, set for January 24–28 in Philadelphia, is "the conversation starts here." It is a perfectly appropriate theme.
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Libraries
ALA 2014 Midwinter Preview: Meet the Team
At PW, we've always served the library community, but you've probably noticed that in recent months we've ramped up our commitment to covering library news and issues, with a lineup of monthly columnists writing on a broad range of issues affecting libraries and publishers.
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Libraries
ALA 2014 Midwinter Preview: The Librarian’s Guide to Paranoid Behavior
There’s a national conversation happening about libraries, and while librarians can contribute to it, we can’t control it.
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Libraries
Cut to the Core: On the Front Lines of the Common Core Rollout
The rollout of the Common Core Standards has brought major upheaval to the educational realm, and librarians are now finding themselves in a position to offer critical support.
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Libraries
ALA 2014 Midwinter Preview: Google Books: Eight Years Later...
On November 14, Judge Denny Chin dismissed the long-running Authors Guild suit against Google, ruling that the digitization of books for Google Book Search is fair use.
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Licensing
ALA 2014 Midwinter Preview: Check it out with Michael Kelley: A Deeper Dive
Can metered reading work for library e-books? Maybe, maybe not. But the world of digital reading demands experimentation, and who better for publishers to experiment with than libraries?
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Industry News
ALA 2014 Preview: Getting Ready to Read
The conversation about the Common Core standards will be a hot topic at this year's ALA Midwinter Meeting, as many public librarians make efforts to reach their patrons and community members – as well as form partnerships with school librarians—to provide information on the standards.
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Libraries
ALA 2014 Midwinter Preview: All Our Coverage
Are you going to ALA Midwinter 2014? Prepare for the show with our extensive preview of the issues libraries are facing, with features and analysis on everything from Google's book-scanning program to Common Core and more.
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Industry News
The Common Core Toolkit: November 2013
Picture books are embraced during the month of November as authors, parents and educators come together to celebrate the early love of reading and learning that children gain by reading picture books.
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Copyright
Appeals Court Questions GSU E-Reserves Verdict
By most accounts, it was a rough day in court for the defendants in the Georgia State University e-reserves case.
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Content / e-books
Apple Seeks to Knock Out E-book Class Action Case
Apple is seeking to kill the consumer class action against it—and a potential multi-million dollar damages award—by arguing that its entry into the e-book market was “pro-competitive” and beneficial to consumers.
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Copyright
Google Win Expands Fair Use
After eight years of litigation—three of which had all parties stumping together for an ill-fated, controversial settlement—Judge Denny Chin last week dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Authors Guild over Google’s mass scanning of library books.
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Content / e-books
Google Wins: Court Issues a Ringing Endorsement of Google Books
In his long awaited final analysis, Judge Denny Chin offered a ringing endorsement of Google’s scanning program in dismissing the Authors Guild lawsuit against the search giant.
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Content / e-books
Court Denies Bid to Examine Amazon’s E-book Pricing
Judge Denise Cote this week denied RoyaltyShare founder Bob Kohn’s application to conduct his own “discovery” into Amazon’s allegedly “predatory” e-book pricing, setting up a potentially interesting final fairness hearing on December 6.
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Content / e-books
Judge Will Determine Apple Liability in E-book Case
In September, Judge Denise Cote had ordered the plaintiff states and Apple to confer on a stipulation regarding Apple's liability for civil penalties in the e-book price-fixing case, but the parties this week said those talks are at an impasse.
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Industry News
Mackin Celebrates 30 Years, Supports Local Literacy
Mackin Educational Resources has a lot to celebrate while it marks its 30th anniversary this fall as a distributor of books and educational materials for the school library market.
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Financial Reporting
Cambridge University Press Reports Solid FY 2013 Results
Cambridge University Press has released its annual report for fiscal 2013, reporting its 11th straight year of sales growth, with digital development leading the way.
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Libraries
Check It Out with Michael Kelley: E-book Optimism and Lingering Concerns
Public librarians have applauded the increased access to e-books now being offered by the big five publishers—most recently Macmillan—has made its entire backlist of 11,000 titles available for lending. But the recent good news, librarians say, should not obscure the fact that the present system, with its plethora of licensing models and platforms, remains untenable.
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