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Publishers Seek to Close Captions

Publishers assert Audible’s Captions service creates a market that must be licensed into. They claim their agreements do not allow for text display, so any new program that goes beyond the scope of those agreements—even if that’s just a few words at a times—must be a negotiated right.

Best of BTB: Bestsellers Born in Social Media

Editors look for things like a high level of engagement – not just a lot of followers, but how many people are interacting and retweeting with an author.

Digital Is Coming For Your Textbooks

The textbook is a very, very reliable medium to educate students and to facilitate the distribution of content to students.

Uncertain Days Ahead for Book Business

On a week that leading publishers reported drops in book sales even while profits jumped, the forecast for fall is “wait and see.”

Thanks For Typing

Twitter hashtags and individual tweets often make the leap from smartphone screens to print and cable news headlines. Some tweets even venture farther and land in unexpected territories.

Books To Enter the China Trade War?

For publishers, the reprieve is only partial, as President Trump’s threat to levy tariffs on adult books printed in China remains.

NewsGuard Takes on Fake News with Real Journalism

Misinformation and disinformation thrive best in the dark. And like fungus and mildew in a cellar, they disintegrate quickly when air and sunlight arrive on the scene.

End of an Era

This week, the curtain fell on Barnes & Noble as a publicly-traded company with longtime CEO Len Riggio making his exit after decades in the bookselling business.

Cleaning Up the Scientific Method

Researchers at a startup founded by experts in biomedical informatics have developed what they call a credit report for scientific publications. Just like a financial credit report, which shows the fiscal health of a person, this automated analysis shows the hygiene of the scientific paper.