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Book NewsRoom to Read Partners with Asia Foundation
Global literacy nonprofit Room to Read announced a partnership with the Asia Foundation's Books for Asia, which provides donated educational material throughout the region.
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Content / e-books
Judge Denies Request for Delay in Google Case
Judge Chin denied an Authors Guild request to delay upcoming oral arguments on the cross-motions for summary judgment. Arguments remain set for September 23, with the final round of briefs due on September 16.
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Content / e-books
E-book Settlement Refunds Rise, New Deadlines Set
The states now estimate that consumers will receive $3.06 per e-book for New York Times bestsellers purchased during the settlement period (up from and estimated $1.32), $.73 per non-bestsellers (up from $.30).
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Copyright
A Year Later, Opposition Briefs Filed in Authors Guild vs. Google
After losing its class action status on appeal, the long-running copyright case now continues in the name of the Authors Guild and the three named plaintiffs.
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Content / e-books
Judge Lightens Apple Injunction; Expects to Sign Next Week
Working off the DoJ’s proposal with Apple’s red-lined version incorporated, the judge said her final order would seek to address competition in the e-book market, while treading as lightly as possible on Apple’s business.
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Content / e-books
Judge Orders Apple to Detail its Objections to Revised Injunction
Late last Friday, the judge ordered Apple attorneys to submit “a red-lined version of the Plaintiffs’ Revised Injunction striking any language to which Apple objects,” by 10 am this morning.
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BookLife
PW Select August 2013: Understanding Copyright - What Every Indie Author Needs to Know
So what’s the fuss all about? Did Eliot really steal from other poets, or were Frost and Cummings just jealous? Why wasn’t the work of those dead poets protected by copyright, or was it? Good question.
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Content / e-books
With Gov't Deadline Looming, AAP Outlines Public Access Plans
The White House directive, issued in February 2013, could affect some 19 federal agencies, and would cover “any results published in peer-reviewed scholarly publications."
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Content / e-books
DoJ Softens Apple Injunction, but Hits Macmillan Hardest
Under the revised proposal, Apple must still terminate its current e-book agreements with the defendant publishers, but rather than five years, the ban on using a straight agency model now ranges from two to four years.
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Retailing
PM Launches E-book Bundling Program
Starting this month, the Oakland, Calif.-based press is offering a free e-book edition with the purchase of almost every one of its print books purchased from its Web site.
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Content / e-books
Random House's Loveswept Partners With Wattpad
Thanks to a deal between Random House's digital-only romance imprint, Loveswept, and Wattpad, author Ruthie Knox will have her new series debut in serialized form on the online writing (and reading) community.
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Content / e-books
Millions Qualify for E-book Refunds
Rust Consulting executives have said that the cooperation of e-book retailers will translate into an “unprecedented” rate of success in reaching consumers.
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Content / e-books
Apple, DoJ Back in Court on August 27
At the hearing late last week, Judge Cote said she would issue an injunction, but asked the parties to confer further on their recommendations for the scope of that injunction.
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Content / e-books
Judge Denies Apple a Stay
Apple was dealt another setback in its e-book price-fixing case, as Judge Denise Cote denied Apple a stay of all proceedings, and ordered the parties to finish discovery for their damages trial by the end of December, 2013.
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Soapbox
The Seduction of Libraries
Laura Florand is the author of the Amour et Chocolat series (The Chocolate Thief, The Chocolate Kiss). Her newest novel, The Chocolate Touch, was just published by Kensington.
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Retailing
Gauging the Print, E-book Divide
There’s still no more relevant topic of debate in the publishing industry than the future of the physical book versus the exponentially growing influence of digital publishing.
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Content / e-books
Apple Proposes October 2014 Damages Trial; Outlines Evidence ‘Errors’
In newly released filings, Apple attorneys detailed their argument for a stay pending its appeal of Judge Denise Cote’s July 10 ruling, but suggested it could be ready for a damages trial in 14 months should its request be denied.
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Content / e-books
DoJ Rejects Publisher Objections; Kobo Supports Proposed Injunction
U.S Attorney Lawrence Buterman reminded the court of a key fact: Apple is not just a retail partner to the publishers, they are also a co-conspirator.
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Content / e-books
Publishers Object to DoJ’s Proposed Apple Injunction
The five settling publishers in the Apple e-book price-fixing case this week jointly filed an objection with the court claiming that the Department of Justice’s proposed punishment for Apple unfairly alters their settlement agreements.
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Content / e-books
Pending Appeal, Apple Requests Stay in E-book Case
A court filing hints at one major prong of Apple’s likely appeal strategy—to attack the judge and the judicial process.
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