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Safeguarding Research in a Policy Commons
The recently launched Policy Commons hopes to fireproof the online library of the Internet, at least where it comes to policy documents and research papers.
US Book Business May Cheer Biden and Love Trump Books
Joe Biden in the White House does not mean Donald Trump titles will vanish from bookstore shelves
Global Outlook for Open Access
Nothing in our lives today is untouched by the coronavirus pandemic. The endeavor of scientific publishing is arguably affected even more than most.
London Book Fair Hopes For Summer 2021 Return
London Book Fair organizers Reed Exhibitions revealed plans to return to Olympia Hall in late June 2021.
How To Publish An Open Access Book
A global group from academia and scholarly communications have prepared a book publishing guide to Open Access.
Homeland Elegies is 2020’s Great American Novel
Despite all the challenges thrown by 2020, the book business continues to be strong.
Where Publishing Meets the Pandemic
In a program created for the 2020 Frankfurt Book Fair, panelists share real-time data about the coronavirus correlation on disruption in scientific publishing, how it drives their investments, and shapes the innovations they hope to bring to market.
High Marks for Virtual Frankfurt Book Fair
The Frankfurt Rights digital platform saw 4,165 people sign up, and some 400,000 titles were listed. There was even a “big book of the fair.”
COVID-19, Copyright and the Creative Economy
What lessons does COVID-19 present for publishing? How does copyright hold its own in a world of “open”? Where might innovative business models emerge?
Are Bookstores Boxed Out?
Convenience has a cost and a consequence, says Alison Hill, CEO, American Booksellers Association.
As “Virtual” Frankfurt Book Fair Opens, Copyright In the Spotlight
Copyright Clearance Center has once again partnered with The Frankfurt Book Fair to spotlight innovation in global publishing. For 2020, the longstanding partnership will shift from the famous Frankfurt messe to a digital commons accessible anywhere in the world.
Congress Calls Digital Giants “Prone to Monopolization”
A handful of digital companies are branded as having achieved the same level of pernicious market dominance as Standard Oil.