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CopyrightGoogle Win Expands Fair Use
After eight years of litigation—three of which had all parties stumping together for an ill-fated, controversial settlement—Judge Denny Chin last week dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Authors Guild over Google’s mass scanning of library books.
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Content / e-books
Google Wins: Court Issues a Ringing Endorsement of Google Books
In his long awaited final analysis, Judge Denny Chin offered a ringing endorsement of Google’s scanning program in dismissing the Authors Guild lawsuit against the search giant.
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Content / e-books
Court Denies Bid to Examine Amazon’s E-book Pricing
Judge Denise Cote this week denied RoyaltyShare founder Bob Kohn’s application to conduct his own “discovery” into Amazon’s allegedly “predatory” e-book pricing, setting up a potentially interesting final fairness hearing on December 6.
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Content / e-books
Judge Will Determine Apple Liability in E-book Case
In September, Judge Denise Cote had ordered the plaintiff states and Apple to confer on a stipulation regarding Apple's liability for civil penalties in the e-book price-fixing case, but the parties this week said those talks are at an impasse.
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Industry News
Mackin Celebrates 30 Years, Supports Local Literacy
Mackin Educational Resources has a lot to celebrate while it marks its 30th anniversary this fall as a distributor of books and educational materials for the school library market.
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Financial Reporting
Cambridge University Press Reports Solid FY 2013 Results
Cambridge University Press has released its annual report for fiscal 2013, reporting its 11th straight year of sales growth, with digital development leading the way.
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Libraries
Check It Out with Michael Kelley: E-book Optimism and Lingering Concerns
Public librarians have applauded the increased access to e-books now being offered by the big five publishers—most recently Macmillan—has made its entire backlist of 11,000 titles available for lending. But the recent good news, librarians say, should not obscure the fact that the present system, with its plethora of licensing models and platforms, remains untenable.
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Industry News
Cut to the Core: Has the Common Core Rollout Gone Awry?
The new school year is underway and as teachers look to align their lessons with the Common Core, many find themselves struggling with the implementation. In most cases this is not due to a lack of expertise, but rather inadequate training and resources.
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Content / e-books
Former CQ Press Publisher Debuts Free Legal Resource
The site will include variety of services, including a job board, issues reporting, and a variety of blogs to inform and entertain—all free to users.
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Content / e-books
Apple Remains Defiant in Latest Filings
Apple this week filed its answer to the class action complaints, in which it offered 10 initial defenses, and, as expected, conceded virtually none of the findings from its June trial.
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Libraries
Brian Kenney: Revisiting the NYPL's Renovation Plan
Over the past decade, I’ve visited a lot of central libraries—from Chicago to Liverpool to Denver—only to come home to New York and wonder, why don’t we have a great public library?
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Devices
What’s New in Digital Readers
Who knew that the book publishing industry would turn out to be a driver for technological development in the electronics industry?
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Content / e-books
Gale Launches New Purchase Model for E-books
The new model will enable libraries to purchase e-books “based on actual usage,” allowing libraries to better “perform evidence-based collection development.”
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Copyright
CCC Paid a Record $188.7 Million in Royalties in 2013
Under the direction of CEO Tracey Armstrong, who took the helm of CCC in 2007, the Copyright Clearance Center has posted an increase of more than $34 million in royalties paid in the last three years alone.
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Publisher News
Publishers Respond to Common Core
At a panel on Common Core at BookExpo America, a number of booksellers in the audience seemed anxious about how to incorporate the new state standards into their stores.
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Conferences
Books in Browsers 2013 Livestream
Watch the Books in Browsers event livestreaming right now!
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Content / e-books
Skyhorse Announces New Library Focused Imprint
Skyhorse officials say Carrel Books will publish its first list for libraries in 2014, with an "eclectic mix” of titles and subjects.
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Content / e-books
Apple Disputes $307 Million Damage Figure in E-book Case
Apple attorneys are disputing an expert report by Stanford economist Roger Noll that put potential damages in its e-book price-fixing case at over $307 million.
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Industry News
The Common Core Toolkit: October 2013
In this month's toolkit, PWcolumnists Margaux DelGuidice and Rose Luna highlight some education and common core-related resources with a focus on connecting.
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Content / e-books
Damages in E-Book Case Pegged at $307 Million
An expert for the Plaintiffs contends that higher e-book prices during the "collusion period" yielded an extra $307,808,414 for the settling publishers on revenues of more than $1.5 billion—an added margin of about 19.9%.
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