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Justice Ends Bolton Book Lawsuit
Published by Simon & Schuster, The Room Where It Happened has sold about 679,000 print copies, according to NPD BookScan.
Rights Management & ROI
Over the past two decades, technology has transformed rights management from back-office clerical function to strategic opportunity across many sectors of publishing.
Macmillan Starts the March Back to NYC Offices
“Big Five” publisher Macmillan announces plans to reopen its New York City offices
Post-Pandemic Educational Publishing
In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, teachers and parents fear the COVID slide.
Obama Returns to ALA Conference
The bestselling author and former US President will address librarians on June 29. The big event, though, isn’t the first Obama appearance for ALA.
Best of VOC: Pirates and Publishers
Forget what you learned about the origin of printing. Movable type using Chinese porcelain pegs was invented by Bi Sheng in 1040, four centuries before Gutenberg and his press. And where there is printing, there is copyright, too. So, yes, you can also forget that other myth, the one that says China and copyright are incompatible.
How Electrochemical Society Rewired For Virtual Conference
“We made the decision to pivot to digital over the summer and very quickly had to turn around an infrastructure that would support a digital meeting.”
US Book Show Celebrates Authors, Welcomes Librarians
The all-virtual US Book Show fills a vacuum in the publishing industry left when BookExpo ceased operations.
Book Readers Who Are Buccaneers and Buyers
Data-informed guidance on turning book pirates into book buyers.
