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Book Supply Chain Check-Up
Dwindling paper supplies, skilled labor shortages, limited printing capacity, and heightened awareness of environmental impact have all contributed to the supply chain nightmare for publishers.
S&S Q1 Sales Soar
S&S CEO Jonathan Karp said that refinements made to its metadata have improved sell-through, boosting the bottom line.
150 Years of Books With PW
Although PW began as a publication for the trade, with the arrival of the web, its audience has grown to include avid book readers and the public.
At BISG, Pietsch Sees “Best of Times, Worst of Times”
“We learned we were more adaptable than we knew,” Michael Pietsch told the annual meeting of the Book Industry Study Group, the first such gathering in three years.
Latest STM “Tech Trends” Launches
A key problem with open access information is that we require a new locus of trust, says STM’s Eefke Smit. We need to know which information can be trusted or cannot be trusted.
Texas Librarians “Recover, Rebalance, Reconnect”
The nation’s largest state library association meeting returns to Fort Worth.
Data Directions
Data can be the key to open new doors to innovation. But if you’re using numbers to find answers, you should ask yourself some questions, too.
Soaring Book Sales Take A Fall
The party hats publishers have sported since the pandemic began two years ago may now have to come off.
Ethics in Publishing Gets Its Own Journal
Fresh air and sunlight are said to be the best disinfectants. The recently launched GW Journal of Ethics in Publishing offers plenty of both.
Warm Welcome Back at London Book Fair
Book fair attendees debated whether a blanket ban on all Russian publishing in the face of that country’s February invasion of neighboring Ukraine was appropriate.
Africa Is Reading: The SDG Book Club
“I love the way the SDGs undergird the human rights,” says Olatoun Gabi-Williams. “Children should grow up knowing their rights, and human rights undergird what we’re trying to do with the SDGs to make the world a better place.”
Public Librarians Return in Person
Masks were required for PLA 2022, and for the library community “that was not a problem,” says PW’s Albanese. “If any group is sensitive to personal safety, it is the library community.”