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LibrariesS&S Offers E-Book Lending, Purchase Via New York City Libraries
The one-year pilot program with the city's three library systems will make the complete Simon & Schuster e-book catalogue available for unlimited checkout during that period.
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Publisher News
Booksellers Urge Court Not to Toss Amazon E-book Lawsuit
Plaintiff booksellers this week filed an opposition motion urging the court not to dismiss their lawsuit against Amazon and the big six publishers, arguing that there is indeed enough evidence of restraint of trade to keep the case moving forward.
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Nancy Pearl
Check it Out with Nancy Pearl: Books on Education
In this month’s column, Nancy weighs in on the Common Core
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Content / e-books
New Filings Hint Royalties Driving HC's Suit Against Open Road
Legal questions aside, a business question looms large: Did HarperCollins choose to litigate a contract drafted more than 40 years ago, before e-books were invented, rather than negotiate a higher e-book royalty rate?
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Content / e-books
Amazon, Publishers Move to Dismiss Bookseller Suit
Amazon and the Big Six publishers moved to dismiss a lawsuit filed by independent booksellers alleging that Amazon’s use of DRM in the Kindle represents an illegal restraint of trade.
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Copyright
In ReDigi Case, Court Forcefully Rejects Digital First Sale
In Capitol Records vs. ReDigi, federal judge Richard Sullivan strongly rejected the expansion of the first sale to cover digital files.
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Copyright
Grimmelmann: ReDigi, Digital First Sale...and Star Trek
At oral argument, Judge Sullivan drew a Star Trek analogy. He asked whether ReDigi was more like a transporter, or a replicator. The problem for ReDigi, and the reason the case is so fascinating, is that the Internet is both.
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Content / e-books
States, U.S. Attorneys in E-book Case Oppose Jury Trial
Both U.S. attorneys and the states have now asked judge Denise Cote to deny Penguin’s request for a jury trial in its upcoming e-book price-fixing trial.
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Libraries
Give ’em What They Want?
In his last column, Brian Kenney did a good and fair job of outlining the Douglas County Libraries e-book model, in which we host and manage our own digital content. Yet, his conclusion was a little puzzling.
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Libraries
Meet Your Makers
When the Boston Public Library—the first free municipal library—opened its doors in 1854, its mission was to create an “informed citizenry”—think the works of John Stuart Mill, or Cicero in translation.
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Content / e-books
Penguin To Ease Restrictions on Library E-books
According to a report by the Associated Press, Penguin says that as of next week it will no longer window its frontlist e-book titles available to libraries.
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Content / e-books
Battle Lines Drawn in HarperCollins, Open Road E-Book Suit
After more than a year since the case was first filed, cross-motions for Summary Judgment were finally submitted last week in HarperCollins’ lawsuit against Open Road over the e-book publisher’s e-book edition of Julie of the Wolves, Jean Craighead George’s bestselling children’s book.
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Libraries
Conference Report: Beyond PDF 2
Academic results have been bundled into journals to facilitate their sharing since 1665, noted attendees at the recent Beyond PDF 2, conference, in Amsterdam. But the Web has brought with it an opportunity to blow up and remake academic publishing.
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Publisher News
What Does Kirtsaeng v. Wiley Mean For the Industry?
Last week’s landmark Supreme Court decision is a major development, both for the industry and for the broader debate over copyright in the digital age.
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Copyright
Grimmelmann: Issues in Kirtsaeng 'Significant'
PW contributing editor James Grimmelmann breaks down yesterday's landmark Supreme Court ruling. "However one comes out on first sale and imported textbooks, the issue, in books and beyond, is too significant to end here," he writes. "Ladies and gentlemen, start your lobbyists."
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Copyright
Supreme Court Upholds First Sale In Landmark Kirtsaeng Ruling
In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court, by a 6-3 margin, today held that the doctrine of first sale, which allows for legally acquired copyrighted works to be resold by their owners, does apply to works made overseas.
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Content / e-books
In Latest Twist, Penguin Demands Jury Trial in State Price-Fixing Case
Penguin last week filed a motion demanding a jury trial in the e-book price-fixing cases filed by the states and consumers.
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Content / e-books
Judge Fast-Tracking Bookseller Suit
Judge Jed Rakoff yesterday set an aggressive schedule in the Indie booksellers' suit against Amazon and the big six publishers, putting the case on track for an October trial.
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Content / e-books
Apple CEO Tim Cook to Be Deposed in E-Book Price-Fixing Case
After a teleconference yesterday, Judge Denise Cote issued an order compelling Apple CEO Tim Cook to sit for a deposition with U.S. attorney questions.
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Content / e-books
DoJ Price-Fixing Case has Generated Over Eight Million Pages of Evidence
How complicated and costly is the Department of Justice's price-fixing suit? According to an exchange of letters over whether Apple CEO Tim Cook will be deposed, Apple attorneys note that it has produced over 3.6 million pages of documents for the case, while the publisher defendants have produced nearly five million pages.
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