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The Inaugural LibraryReads List, With e-Lending Annotations 14 Aug 2013 | 07:56 am
This morning the inaugural LibraryReads list was announced. However, a number of the selected books may not be available in digital form in your library. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell Published: 9/10/20...
A Rational Framework for Library eBook Licensing 12 Aug 2013 | 11:01 pm
Since the Redigi decision made it clear that there is no right of first sale for digital content in the US, it's been much easier to think up realistic doomsday scenarios for public libraries in the U...
Wattpad Usage is Roughly Equal to US Public Libraries 4 Aug 2013 | 03:36 am
Billion Reasons Why, a novel by xXdemolitionloverXx on Wattpad While working on another article, I came across this bit of data. Wattpad, the reading and writing community that's sort of a YouTube fo...
Proposal: The Dated Creative Commons License 31 Jul 2013 | 07:53 pm
Back on June 15, Peter Suber's book Open Access itself went open access, one year after its initial publication. You can get the ebook for free from MIT Press, but because of the Creative Commons lice...
Does Asking for Money on Scribd Negate Creative Commons? 26 Jul 2013 | 11:36 pm
I think it does. This is a quick post motivated by a balky comment system on Chronicle of Higher Education. There, Prof. Adeline Koh explores options available to scholars who want to make their diss...
NJ Senate Primary Could Become a Referendum on NSA Surveillance 22 Jul 2013 | 12:15 am
Yesterday, Glen Greenwald, the journalist at the center of the Edward Snowden leaks, essentially endorsed Rush Holt for Senate, and promised to write more this week. So let me give you some context a...
PW: "Author as Entrepreneur" 16 Jul 2013 | 11:04 pm
My article for Publisher's Weekly on crowdfunding for books, Author as Entrepreneur, has emerged from behind the paywall. It's a follow-up of my blog post from April, Book Publishing After the JOBS A...
Magic Rights Management for eBooks 26 Jun 2013 | 07:02 am
The Fraunhaufer Institute in Germany is apparently marketing some "new" technology they're calling SiDiM which embeds digital data into texts by changing word in the text. They're telling publishers t...
Book Metadata Under a Bushel 19 Jun 2013 | 09:53 am
Full story at the Verge They don't allow witnesses, spectators or journalists to carry cell phones or kindles or iPads into the Federal Courthouse in New York. But books are OK. So every publishing e...
Publishing Hackathon a BookSmashing Success 8 Jun 2013 | 10:54 am
Thursday, HarperCollins announced its BookSmash Programming Challenge. The book industry is nothing if not trend-driven, and after the success of the Publishing Hackathon, the BookSmash announcement q...
