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Best of BTB: Just My Type
Typefaces, like superheroes, all have origin stories. From Garamond to Georgia, Palatino to Proforma, the look of letters tracks back in time to a single fascinating moment of origination. Joining CCC’s Chris Kenneally to go beyond the book – diving down to the level...
PW’s Week Ahead 12.16.11
The Google Books Case has moved forward – now sans settlement – as the Authors Guild recently met an important deadline set forth by Judge Denny Chin in the six-year-old litigation and filed their motion for class certification. “The case is now on a path where the...
BTB #268: Copyright & Commerce Video Podcast: Orphan Works & Fair Use in a Digital Age
On Monday, December 12, 2011, a panel of IP experts and commentators offered their answers and insights into these compelling issues at the Knight Studio in the Newseum in Washington, DC. Cecilia Kang: National technology reporter for the Washington Post helped...
BTB #267: Copyright & Commerce Video Podcast: Orphan Works & Fair Use in a Digital Age
On Monday, December 12, 2011, a panel of IP experts and commentators offered their answers and insights into these compelling issues at the Knight Studio in the Newseum in Washington, DC. Victor Perlman, General Counsel, American Society of Media Photographers told...
BTB #266: Copyright & Commerce Video Podcast: Orphan Works & Fair Use in a Digital Age
On Monday, December 12, 2011, a panel of IP experts and commentators offered their answers and insights into these compelling issues at the Knight Studio in the Newseum in Washington, DC. First to speak with CCC’s Chris Kenneally was Maria A. Pallante: The 12th...
‘Copyright & Commerce’ returns to DC’s Newseum
CCC's CEO Tracey Armstrong (right) congratulates (from left) Cecilia Kang of the Washington Post, ASMP's General Counsel Victor Perlman, and Register of Copyrights Maria Pallante, immediately after Monday's Newseum panel discussion in Washington, DC on "Copyright &...
BTB #265: Copyright & Commerce: Orphan Works & Fair Use in a Digital Age
From the perspective of copyright, 2011 has been a year like so many others in the Digital Age. Suits and counter-suits over copyrighted text, music, film and video continue to fly in and out of court. The long-standing "Google Books" case is, for now, scheduled for...
BTB #264: Setting Goals For Self-Publishing
The work of a book author has long been a solitary one. But in 2011, more authors are on their own than ever before – and many like it that way. From Amanda Hocking to Seth Godin – who each have recently self-published best-selling books – the ranks of DIY writers...
PW’s Week Ahead 12.09.11
Amazon.com announces KDP Select, designed to woo publishers and authors to participate in the Kindle store and the controversial Amazon Prime e-book Lending program. Earlier this week, PW's Andrew Albanese notes, the university libraries that form the digitization...
BTB #263: Google Book Settlement: Good Riddance or Lost Opportunity?
In March, Judge Denny Chin rejected the proposed settlement between Google and book publishers and authors over Google’s book scanning and book search programs. At the recent “Copyright & Technology” conference, a panel of legal experts considered the unanswered...
PW’s Week Ahead 12.02.11
Libraries take the spotlight this week, as PW’s upcoming issue is the ALA midwinter preview. “Monday’s issue will have 15 pages dedicated to libraries—and to no one’s surprise, e-books are part of that package,” Andrew Albanese tells CCC’s Chris Kenneally, noting that...
BTB #262: Reading in the Key of E
Recorded live on Sunday, November 20, at 2011 Miami Book Fair International, a global look at books and reading in the digital age. Featured speakers are Ami Greko of Kobo, and Ana Maria Cabanellas, Argentine publisher and leading figure in the International...