In DC, Copyright Gets A Reboot From Trump White House
Publishing still faces serious challenges in protecting the current retail ecosystem amid changing consumer habits
Textbook Business Model Shift Angers Authors
Publisher Cengage is seeking to pay authors a portion of subscription revenue instead of a contractual royalty based on a per-unit sale, according to plaintiffs Knox and Schact
New York Rights Fair Preview
The center of the US publishing industry and one of the world’s largest communities of literary agents and scouts, New York City is also home to a growing number of film production companies – all of whom are always on the lookout to license intellectual property and to purchase film rights.
Author Payments Arrive For Copyright Class Action
More than 3,000 writers initially filed claims pertaining to more than 600,000 articles. After all the challenges and delays, 2494 writers received checks totaling $9,456,000.
Report Card For University Presses
“We’re seeing a boom in nonfiction, regional, and poetry sales—and those are three areas that University presses focus on and excel at.”
Comey Book Lands
The year of the political book continues, and, it looks like Macmillan has another #1 bestseller on their hands.
At London Book Fair, Life in the Mid-digital Age
“We’ve gotten a taste of what digital makes possible, and we’re just not getting there fast enough.”
In the Indie Golden Age
Books the Big Five or the mini-majors could never take on are now finding their way to readers—from great literary fiction to specialized nonfiction, poetry, politics, religion, and kids’ books.
PLA Confronts New Media Landscape
At Philadelphia’s PLA Conference, the common thread among speakers was the new media landscape
Sally Yates Urges Librarians To Hold Politicians “Accountable”
“You can debate policies and issues… but those debates have to be based on common facts and truth” Sally Yates told the Public Library Association conference this week