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Copyright
Going Public
Talks between librarians and publishers are set to continue this week on the long-simmering e-book issue, including an AAP-sponsored discussion featuring ALA president Maureen Sullivan on September 27. Frustrated by a lack of progress, however, and in some cases regression, on the e-book issue, ALA officials are taking their case beyond the boardrooms, directly to their patrons and supporters. In an open letter obtained by PW, ALA president Maureen Sullivan raises the stakes in the e-book debate, asking readers: “which side will you be on.”
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Content / e-books
Macmillan Poised to Test Library E-book Model
As big six publishers and librarians prepare for more meetings this week in New York, Macmillan officials confirmed to PW that they have developed a pilot project that would enable e-book lending for libraries—a potentially major development. However, details of the pilot remain undisclosed.
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Frankfurt Book Fair
Bigger, and Better: Frankfurt Book Fair 2012 Preview
It’s almost here, the publishing industry’s annual literary Oktoberfest: the Frankfurt Book Fair. This year’s edition officially kicks off on October 10, with more than 150,000 professional visitors representing some 7,500 companies and 110 countries expected to gather to trade rights, network, and participate in an energetic, forward-looking professional program. And despite difficulties both within the industry and from a lingering global fiscal crisis, the 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair is poised to have one of its best turnouts in years.
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Frankfurt Book Fair
Frankfurt Briefcase 2012: What the American Agencies Are Bringing to the Fair
At this year’s publishing pow-wow in Germany: John Banville channels Raymond Chandler; Daniel Woodrell explores a 1929 American bombing; Michael Pollan gets elemental; Elif Batuman tries fiction; and Lionel Shriver goes to Iowa.
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Content / e-books
Google Rolls Out Update to the Google Play Books App
Google announced that is rolling out a host of new features to the Google Play Books App, including a “translation” tool for readers “making their way through books in foreign languages."
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Content / e-booksBack to the Drawing Board: Bob Kohn Files Another Comic Brief in DoJ Case
Unhappy that the court ignored his previous comic strip amicus brief, attorney and RoyaltyShare founder Bob Kohn doubled down, once again filing his response to the DoJ’s opposition as a comic strip.
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Content / e-books
Apple, Publishers Subpoena Amazon in Price-Fixing Class Action
If you thought the DoJ settlement process was contentious, the litigation now heating up in the class action lawsuit will likely take things to a new level.
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Content / e-books
DoJ, Publishers Urge Court to Deny Kohn’s Attempt to Intervene in Settlement
In its motion opposing attorney and RoyaltyShare founder Bob Kohn’s motion to intervene in the deal between the government and three publishers, the U.S. Department of Justice said it knows Kohn is against the recently approved price-fixing settlement.
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Content / e-books
With DoJ Settlement Approved, Pre-Trial Skirmishes Begin for Non-Settling Parties
Following the approval of the DoJ’s price-fixing settlement earlier this month, last week saw filings from Penguin and Apple that make clear a key strategy for the non-settling parties: putting Amazon on trial.
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Copyright
Appeals Court Grants Stay of Google Proceedings
In an order filed Monday morning, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay, with the consent of the parties, in the Authors Guild vs. Google case until after it issues its decision on Judge Denny Chin’s May 31 ruling granting the case class action status.
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Copyright
Publishers Appeal 'Flawed' Decision in GSU E-Reserves Case
The three publisher plaintiffs in the Georgia State University e-reserve case yesterday lodged an appeal with the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, seeking to overturn one of the most significant fair use rulings in decades.
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Copyright
AAP, SIIA Urge Supreme Court to Uphold Key First Sale Ruling
In separate amicus briefs filed with the Supreme Court last week, both the Association of American Publishers (AAP), and the Software and Information Industry Association of America (SIIA) argue that the doctrine of first sale does not apply to foreign-made works.
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Copyright
Publishers Appeal Ruling in GSU E-Reserves Case
Officials at the Association of American Publishers have confirmed that the publisher plaintiffs in the Georgia State University e-reserve case have lodged an appeal with the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
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BookLife
Check It Out with Nancy Pearl: Libraries and Self-Published Books
Q: From a University of Washington I-School colleague of Nancy’s comes this great topic for discussion: how libraries collect self-published materials. One of the students in that colleague’s class asked: “How do public library selectors who rely primarily on vendor lists and professional pre-publication book reviews find out about the growing number of self-published materials? Is it possible to give the same credence to a book whose content, ideas, or writing style may not have been reviewed except by the author and has not been through the editing and publishing process?”
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Content / e-books
Federal Judge Approves Settlement in DoJ E-Book Case
Approval of the settlement had been widely expected. Still, the timing took the industry by surprise; the final decree comes less than five months after the Department of Justice first announced its action, and one week after the three publishers struck a more than $70 million deal to settle state price-fixing claims.
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Content / e-books
Resistance Begins as Bob Kohn Files Motion to Stay Approval of DoJ Settlement
Attorney and RoyaltyShare founder Bob Kohn today filed two motions: one to intervene in the DoJ’s settlement with three publishers for the purposes of an appeal, and one seeking an immediate stay of the Settlement pending an appeal to the Second Circuit.
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Content / e-books
Federal Judge Denise Cote Approves DoJ E-Book Settlement
In a stunning development, federal judge Denise Cote today approved the DoJ’s settlement with publishers over alleged e-book price-fixing—just a day after U.S. attorneys asked the court to forego a hearing and approve the deal. The decision is dated September 5.
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Content / e-books
U.S. Attorneys Are Not Impressed By Bob Kohn’s Comic Brief
In a supplemental reply addressing amicus briefs filed by the Authors Guild and attorney Bob Kohn, who made headlines this week by submitting a five-page comic brief, U.S attorneys have urged Judge Denise Cote to “enter the proposed Final Judgment" in the e-book price-fixing case "without further hearing.”
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Content / e-books
A Work of Art: Bob Kohn Submits DoJ Amicus Brief as Comic Strip
For those in publishing who have followed the DoJ price-fixing case, it has from the start seemed like a cartoonish affair. Now, thanks to former music executive and RoyaltyShare founder Bob Kohn, it is a cartoon. Handcuffed by the court’s decision to re-file his argument against the DoJ’s settlement with three publishers in just five pages, Kohn filed the brief in the form of a comic strip.
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Publisher News
Education Publishers, Distributors Settle Claims Over Counterfeit Textbooks
Four major educational publishers have settled claims with five distributors involving the sale of counterfeit textbooks. Cengage Learning, John Wiley and Sons, Pearson, and McGraw-Hill report that the five separate settlements call for “the combined payment of more than $2.6 million dollars and agreements not to engage in any infringement going forward.”
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