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Arcadia Endowment Supports MIT Press Open Access “Experiments”
The six-decade-old MIT Press is a pioneer in open access publishing.
Judge Blocks Texas “Book Rating” Law
A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking HB 900, the controversial “book rating” law from taking effect in Texas.
Best of VOC: And The Oscar Goes To… ChatGPT?
Writers in Hollywood are the latest to declare concerns that technology based in powerful artificial intelligence tools may jeopardize their livelihoods.
A Good Name On Bad Books
“Good name in man and woman,” wrote Shakespeare, “is the immediate jewel of their souls.”
Is BookTok Effect Fading?
In July, according to BookScan, sales for roughly 180 BookTok authors fell 4.5 percent over 2022.
FAIR Forum To Address “Evolving Role of Data in the AI Era”
With new AI services introduced on an almost daily basis, adoption of FAIR Data Principles in research-intensive organizations is more important than ever.
Publishers, Internet Archive Agree to Consented Judgment
A stipulated permanent injunction prevents the Internet Archive from offering unauthorized copies of books to the global public.
Jeff Jarvis on “The Gutenberg Parenthesis”
Printed books engendered a culture of communication that endured for centuries. In his new book, The Gutenberg Parenthesis, media analyst Jeff Jarvis places us outside the era of print and beyond the world that print created.
KKR To Acquire Simon & Schuster for $1.62B
The Big Five will stay the Big Five for now.
Challenging Racism in Scholarly Publishing
Three years since the tumultuous summer of 2020, how have we changed? In publishing especially, what is different about our jobs, our professional relationships, and our attitudes?
Court Limits Arkansas “Harmful” Book Law
In Arkansas, freedom to read advocates have a court victory to celebrate.
The State of Scholarly Metadata
When it comes to successful Open Access initiatives, a critical element is high-quality metadata.