Authors accuse publishers, among others, of undermining libraries
Since early 2020, tensions have swelled between big publishers and libraries, partly due to an ongoing lawsuit by publishers against the Internet Archive.
Since early 2020, tensions have swelled between big publishers and libraries, partly due to an ongoing lawsuit by publishers against the Internet Archive.
The suit against the Internet Archive’s CDL policy raises important questions on how library lending affects publishers and authors.
The Palace Project app allows library patrons to access all of their library’s digital content through a single interface.
Changes in the number and nature of book bans require book-loving community members to push back against bans at a local level.
OverDrive just announced that 2021 saw a 16 percent increase in lending of ebooks, audiobooks, and digital magazines.
Earlier this year, the Digital Public Library of America struck a deal with Amazon Publishing to license its ebooks to libraries.
Baker & Taylor, a key book distributor to public and academic libraries, has been sold to an independent, privately owned company.
Legal Big publishers and Amazon move to dismiss booksellers’ class-action lawsuits. Amazon argues that the factual basis for the plaintiffs’ allegations of price-fixing does not exist. Read Andrew Albanese in Publishers Weekly. Educational publisher Pearson is suing Chegg. Pearson says the Chegg Study website sells answers to end-of-chapter questions from 9 . . . This content is only … Read more
Does library lending help or hurt author and publisher income? The debate continues among publishers, librarians, and author advocates.
Not even a month after Maryland passed a library ebook bill, New York passed one of its own; (which Governor Andrew Cuomo still needs to sign