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Content / e-books
At Hearing, Judge Says She is Leaning Against Apple
At a hearing yesterday in Manhattan, Judge Denise Cote said her “tentative view,” was that the government will be able to prove Apple’s guilt in coordinating a conspiracy to raise e-book prices.
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Content / e-books
Penguin Finally Settles Price-Fixing Charges, Will Avoid Trial
Penguin officials, along with Attorneys General for 33 states and the consumer class, announced this morning that they have finally settled their outstanding e-book price-fixing charges—for a hefty $75 million.
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Content / e-books
New ALA Supplement Looks at 'Faustian Bargains' of Digital
Contributors include Publishers Weekly contributing editor Peter Brantley, director of scholarly communication at Hypothes.is, whose piece, “The Unpackaged Book,” examines ways in which the “fundamental model of libraries, publishers, distributors, and books will need further re-engineering.”
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Content / e-books
Amazon Fights to Keep Secrets in E-book Trial
Amazon attorneys filed a letter with the court asking that it be allowed to redact sensitive business information about its Kindle e-book program gathered as evidence for the upcoming Apple price-fixing trial.
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Nancy Pearl
Check It Out with Nancy Pearl: The Future of Libraries
Q: Recently, here in New York, there has been a great deal of public outcry over plans to redo the New York Public Library’s Main Library. As technology changes the world we live in, it certainly seems like we’re seeing the “future of libraries” debate actively play out in discussions about redesigning library space.
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People
OCLC Names Skip Prichard President and CEO
OCLC has announced that Skip Prichard will succeed Jay Jordan as president and CEO on July 1.
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Content / e-books
Penguin Attorneys Recycle Failed Arbitration Bid
In a 2012 ruling, Judge Denise Cote forcefully shot down Penguin’s arguments for compelling arbitration in the price-fixing case. So, why re-file the motion to compel arbitration? To preserve the issue for appeal—yet another tantalizing hint that Penguin is not settling, and is prepared to go to trial.
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Content / e-books
Pre-Trial Filings Set the Stage for the Apple-DoJ Showdown
In its joint filing with the states, the DoJ called the long-running e-book price-fixing battle “an unremarkable and obvious price-fixing case,” and alleges that under the law Apple’s conduct made it the “ringmaster” of the conspiracy.
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Content / e-books
Google, Authors Guild Back in Court
The long-running case over Google’s library book scanning has been stayed since September, 2012, pending a review of its class action certification.
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Libraries
So You Think You Want to Be a Librarian?
Most people’s knowledge of librarianship is a mash-up of Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy in Desk Set, some warm and fuzzy memories from an elementary school class visit, Rupert Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, even fuzzier memories of all-nighters in their college libraries, and maybe a high-minded article or two about the Digital Public Library of America.
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LibrariesHow Graphic Novels Became the Hottest Section in the Library
According to old stereotypes, it shouldn’t work—serious librarians should want nothing to do with the raucous, pulp world of comics—and for a long time it didn’t.
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Libraries
Pew Report: Parents Depend on Libraries to Nurture Reading Habits
The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project reports, in its latest study, that "fully 94% of parents say libraries are important for their children, with access to books at the the top of library services." The report continues: “Libraries," parents say, “help inculcate their children’s love of reading and books.”
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Content / e-books
Hachette Makes Full E-book Catalogue Available to Libraries
Following a pilot project, Hachette has announced that it will make its full catalogue available to libraries to lend in e-book form. ALA officials hail the move as a sign of "real progress."
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BookLife
Authors Sue Self-Publishing Service Author Solutions
Three authors have filed suit against leading self-publishing service provider Author Solutions, and its parent company Penguin. The complaint alleges that Author Solutions is "not an independent publisher, but a print-on-demand vanity press.” The suit seeks over $5 million in damages.
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Content / e-books
Judge Appears Poised to Toss Booksellers’ Suit
A federal judge appeared poised to dismiss a lawsuit filed by independent booksellers against Amazon and the big six publishers over Amazon’s use of DRM in the Kindle e-reading platform.
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PW Picks
How Becoming a Librarian Saved Me
Josh Hanagarne, author of the quirky new memoir The World's Strongest Librarian, talks about the importance of working in a library.
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Content / e-books
Judge: No Jury for Penguin in E-book Case
Barring a last minute settlement, Penguin will be joining Apple at the defense table on June 3 as the bench trial gets underway in the long-running e-book price fixing case.
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Awards & Prizes
ALA Unveils 2013 Finalists for Andrew Carnegie Medals
The American Library Association has announced six books as finalists for the 2013 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction, awarded for the previous year's best fiction and nonfiction books written for adult readers and published in the U.S.
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Retailing
German Court Nixes Selling Used E-books
Weeks after a U.S. court rejected ReDigi’s bid to resell digital files, a German court ruled that digital books can’t be resold by purchasers.
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BookLife
PW Select April 2013: All Our Coverage
The latest PW Select supplement—Publishers Weekly's quarterly guide to what's new in the self-publishing industry.
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