“Is the publishing industry broken?”
The daily grind of life in the book publishing industry has come under close inspection this week in a much-discussed Publishers Weekly feature.
Best of VOC: Gen Z Explained
The digital revolution has given a rocket boost to how we communicate, says Gen Z Explained co-author Roberta Katz.
Publishing Antitrust Case in Final Stages
Efforts to label the case as the “trial of the century in publishing” are misplaced, Andrew Albanese asserts.
Making Libraries Welcoming Spaces
The university library holds first a central role as a study space. With enrollment increasingly diverse, librarians and administrators see responsibility for making that study space into a welcoming place, too.
Defense Witnesses Testify in Publishing Antitrust Case
Testimony about “the lifespan of a book” and “headcount synergies.”
Big 5 CEOs Testify in Antitrust Case
Government witness HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray expressed amazement at the $2.18 billion offer by Penguin Random House for Simon & Schuster.
Publishing “Trial of the Century” Opens
The court heard on Tuesday from “a freelance writer” – bestselling horror novelist Stephen King. As a witness for the government, King, in effect, was taking the stand against his own publisher.
The Content Authenticity Initiative
More and more, people trust information less and less.
E-Book Price Suit Is “Implausible” Say Amazon, Publishers
In 2013, in the so-called “Apple e-books case,” Amazon was the alleged victim of a conspiracy by the major publishers. Now, Amazon and the Big Five are named as co-conspirators in a suit brought by Hagens Berman, the same firm that first sued Apple.
Do Book Consumers Discriminate Against Black, Female, or Young Authors?
“Readers really weren’t sensitive to the identities of the authors. They were welcoming of this diversity of voices, especially ones that had been underrepresented,” says Prof. Dana Weinberg.