Librarians to Macmillan: Don’t Lock Up E-Books
On November 1, Macmillan will restrict libraries to purchasing a single e-book copy during the first eight weeks of a book’s publication.
BISG Study Finds Path Forward for Open Access Books
Online access, competing digital formats, and open access publishing models have all contributed to the sales crash of print editions of academic monographs. But publishers, researchers, universities, and funders, however, aren’t ready yet to give up on a favorite form.
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.
Ingram, Bookazine Move To Fill B&T Retail Void
With Baker & Taylor moving out of trade book retail, it’s been a busy summer for Ingram and Bookazine
A Mueller Report for the Visually-Impaired
Available editions of the Mueller Report failed the accessibility test for the visually-impaired. So Thad McIlroy and Bill Kasdorf went to work making a fully accessible, freely available edition
Amazon Wants You To Read an Audiobook
Just like captions on a TV program, Amazon suggests it may want to show captions on Audible.