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ALA Annual Conference Returns to Washington
“The pandemic took a toll on the library community and library workers,” PW’s Andrew Albanese notes. “The profession needs to consider the future of working conditions for librarians and library workers.”
Cryptocurrency and Cryptic Copyright
A smart contract isn’t really a contract – it is simply a bit of self-executing code, according to Paul Sweeting. “It’s not the equivalent of a contract of sale or a license contract that is written down by lawyers and signed by both parties and notarized,” he says.
No New BookExpo Coming
Feeling nostalgic for the days of BookExpo? No one else in the US book world is either.
Podcasting Comes to Hollywood
Alexia Bedat advises podcast creators to learn the lessons of Hollywood contracts and to seek deals that build on the unique strengths of the new medium.
More Big Numbers for Audiobooks
74,000 audiobooks were published in 2021— a 6% increase in output over 2020, according to the Audio Publishers Association’s Sales Survey.
A World of Books
Take a world tour of book publishing with journalists and analysts who cover Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and South America.
Banning Boosts Book Sales
According to NPD BookScan, an unusual market segment appears to be boosting publishers’ sales: banned books.
Best of VOC: Small Batch Publishing
The key to success, says Publerati’s Caleb Mason, is a focus on scale – the same approach as at your favorite microbrewery.
Publishing & Antitrust
As one by one, publishers disappear, is it possible (or even inevitable) that competition in trade book publishing is on its way to becoming extinct?
