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Reading Into the Tufts’ “Bookworks” Exhibition
“Not only does a book gather ideas together, but also it develops a community of shared readers.”
Summer Book Sales Point Up Overall
The story the latest trade book sales numbers tell is an assortment of tales. Children’s and YA titles saw a big climb, while adult books moved upward though more slowly.
Better Data Is Better Publishing
Publishing has a data problem – a deficit of accurate, relevant data necessary to manage in a world of change.
Audible & Publishers in Courthouse Clash
Should Audible’s plan to scroll snippets of AI-generated text alongside audiobooks be called what it is – reading?
Designed for (Digital) Customers
New and powerful digital technologies are good for business in many ways. Going digital can certainly help organizations to market better their products and services. Yet digital is at its most transformative when organizations use it not to sell but to solve customer problems.
Snowden Memoir Draws Justice Dept. Fire
The Dept. of Justice lawsuit asks for a restraining order and preliminary injunction compelling Edward Snowden’s publisher Macmillan to “freeze all assets in Macmillan’s possession relating to Permanent Record that belong to Snowden or his agents, assignees, or others acting on his behalf.”
The Rise & Fall of “China Literature”
As its stock price tumbles, the online publishing subsidiary of China’s Tencent Holdings is hitting the brakes on an ambitious program to purchase rights for foreign works.
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.
