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Shows & Events
Falling in Love Again
Relationships have their ups and downs, but for publishers and librarians, the passion is back.
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Content / e-booksGoogle Wins Appeal, Authors Guild Loses Class Action Status
In a major blow to the Authors Guild, the Second Circuit has vacated the 2011 ruling granting the organization class action status in its suit to stop Google’s library scanning project.
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Conferences
ALA 2013: Richard Ford, Timothy Egan Win Carnegie Medals at Packed ALA
The Carnegie Medals highlight what has been a very strong ALA annual conference, featuring great authors and speakers, a jammed exhibit floor, and high attendance.
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Conferences
ALA 2013: Jaron Lanier Tells Librarians Why Information Shouldn't Be Free
Lanier told librarians that the digital architecture we have chosen so far represents the “the wrong kind of openness, and the wrong kind of free.”
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Conferences
ALA 2013: The Day Congressman John Lewis Got his Library Card
On hand to celebrate the first book of his new three-part graphic retelling of the civil rights movement from, March, Lewis told librarians of a special day in his life, some 25 years earlier.
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Libraries
Developing Collections ‘By Any Means Necessary’
Some call it multicultural, some call it Africana, some call it a “special collection.” PW spoke with librarians about collecting materials for and by African-Americans for public, school and academic libraries.
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Licensing
Execs Debate Role of Digital Apps, E-books at Licensing Expo
Publishers, intellectual property owners, app and game developers, and other licensing executives are wrestling with how to monetize digital content and distribution, as well as how to use digital media to spur purchases of licensed books and products, synergize physical and digital to sell more of both, slice rights among digital publishing and gaming formats, and more.
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Content / e-books
ALA 2013: Libraries to Offer Monthly 'Top 10' Book List
To start, LibraryReads will feature ten adult titles each month that library staff “have read, have loved, and cannot wait to share” with their patrons.
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Content / e-books
ALA 2013: ALA Kicks Up E-Book Advocacy Efforts with Author Campaign
The campaign, Authors for Library Ebooks, kicks off with public support from three bestselling authors Cory Doctorow, Ursula K. Le Guin and Jodi Picoult.
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Industry News
Pew Survey Shows Power of Print
Despite their comfort with technology, most young Americans still read and borrow printed books, and value libraries and library services.
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Publisher News
Penguin, Author Solutions Seek Dismissal of Potential Class Action Suit
Penguin and its subsidiary Author Solutions have filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit against them that alleges fraudulent business practices.
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Content / e-books
Judge Hears Closing Arguments in Apple Trial
After more than two years of legal maneuvering, Apple’s fate is now in the hands of federal judge Denise Cote, and the publishing industry’s long legal nightmare over the alleged price-fixing of e-books is all but over.
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Content / e-books
In Parting Shot, Government Paints Apple as Amazon Copycat
With the director of Apple’s iBookstore in the U.S. Robert MacDonald on the stand, U.S. attorney Lawrence Buterman painted Apple’s iBookstore as a copycat of other digital book efforts—including Amazon’s.
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Content / e-books
For Apple, Price-Fixing Trial Closes With a Win
In the final moments of Apple’s e-book price-fixing trial, federal Judge Denise Cote uttered the words Apple attorneys have surely longed to hear, saying the issues over the course of the trial “have somewhat shifted.”
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Content / e-books
Eddy Cue Takes the Stand at Apple Trial
If there was a conspiracy to push Amazon off its $9.99 e-book pricing, Apple was not part of it, testified Apple senior vice president Eddy Cue, in his long-anticipated turn on the stand at Apple’s e-book trial.
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Content / e-books
Apple Trial: Rupert Murdoch Wanted to ‘Screw’ Amazon
HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray couldn’t recall very much of his early dealings with Apple as the company negotiated its entry into the e-book business, but his testimony suggests he may have been the shrewdest negotiator of the five publisher CEOs.
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Shows & Events
ALA 2013: All Our Coverage
Our complete coverage of ALA 2013, including a survey of the main events; the speakers; the readings, discussions, and presentations; the panels, and more.
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Shows & Events
ALA 2013: Cut to the Core
PW's new Common Core columnists, Margaux DelGuidice and Rose Luna, preview Common Core programming at ALA.
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Interviews
ALA 2013: The Golden Age of Piracy: PW Talks with Robert Spoo
As a new copyright reform movement gains momentum, and international treaties propose to “normalize” copyright laws globally, it is amazing to see how history does repeat itself.
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Interviews
ALA 2013: The Library of 2020 Will Be…
Wondering about the future of libraries? You don’t need a crystal ball—just pick up Joe Janes’s new book.
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