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Best of VOC: COVID, Publishing and the Future

The surprises from COVID-19 aren’t always unwelcome ones. The arrival of effective vaccines is one such miracle. The good health of the publishing industry is yet another – at least for now.

“Race & Social Justice” Titles See Strong Sales for 2021

Book buyers continue to seek out books that help them understand and address issues of racism.

From STM, Trends 2025 Goes Upstream to Reach Open Science

A voyage around a page takes us on an engrossing metaphorical journey from the Sea of Syndication to the Lake of Knowledge, passing Woods of Truth and Scholarly Fields – forever, of course.

Justice Ends Bolton Book Lawsuit

Published by Simon & Schuster, The Room Where It Happened has sold about 679,000 print copies, according to NPD BookScan.

Rights Management & ROI

Over the past two decades, technology has transformed rights management from back-office clerical function to strategic opportunity across many sectors of publishing.

Macmillan Starts the March Back to NYC Offices

“Big Five” publisher Macmillan announces plans to reopen its New York City offices

Post-Pandemic Educational Publishing

In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, teachers and parents fear the COVID slide.

Obama Returns to ALA Conference

The bestselling author and former US President will address librarians on June 29. The big event, though, isn’t the first Obama appearance for ALA.

Best of VOC: Pirates and Publishers

Forget what you learned about the origin of printing. Movable type using Chinese porcelain pegs was invented by Bi Sheng in 1040, four centuries before Gutenberg and his press. And where there is printing, there is copyright, too. So, yes, you can also forget that other myth, the one that says China and copyright are incompatible.