Frankfurt Preview: The Directive on Copyright
As EU member states now begin to support the directive through passage of national legislation, opportunities, challenges, and unintended consequences are emerging.
From Notre Dame Fire to “Fire and Fury” A Year of Covering Books Around the World
In the digital environment, the book world becomes a crowded place.
STM Singing The Open Science Song
This year, STM Tech Trends goes on tour with The Collaborators, featuring their chart-topping hit, “The Open Science Song.”
Your Content’s Children May Surprise You
Surrounded by the written word at the London Book Fair, a panel took time away from the business concerns of publishers working lives in books and with books to consider instead the lives of books.
Minimum Viable Metadata
As publishers, we need to think about our users, and what is it that metadata allows them to do?
How Blockchain Might Open The Rights Management Black Box
Why do we need a black box? If we expect accountability and accuracy and we want to make sure that money is going to the right people, we need to eliminate that box and introduce a level of transparency
Publisher Voices Raised For Copyright
If the value of publishing is more broadly appreciated and recognized, the copyright discussions are easier.
The Rise of Open Access Books
In 2017, the Directory of Open Access Books marked the 10,000 titles milestone. Today, this important service lists almost 13,000 academic peer-reviewed books, monographs and chapters from 282 publishers.
Plan S Lands At Frankfurt
In a special “pop-up” program for the Frankfurt Book Fair, a trio of leading scholarly publishers shared what it takes for Open Access publishers to be smart about Plan S
Crypto, Code and Copyrights
From games to music to journalism, how new technologies, including crypto currencies and artificial intelligence, may transform rights markets