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BookLife
Authors Sue Self-Publishing Service Author Solutions
Three authors have filed suit against leading self-publishing service provider Author Solutions, and its parent company Penguin. The complaint alleges that Author Solutions is "not an independent publisher, but a print-on-demand vanity press.” The suit seeks over $5 million in damages.
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Content / e-books
Judge Appears Poised to Toss Booksellers’ Suit
A federal judge appeared poised to dismiss a lawsuit filed by independent booksellers against Amazon and the big six publishers over Amazon’s use of DRM in the Kindle e-reading platform.
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PW PicksHow Becoming a Librarian Saved Me
Josh Hanagarne, author of the quirky new memoir The World's Strongest Librarian, talks about the importance of working in a library.
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Content / e-books
Judge: No Jury for Penguin in E-book Case
Barring a last minute settlement, Penguin will be joining Apple at the defense table on June 3 as the bench trial gets underway in the long-running e-book price fixing case.
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Awards & Prizes
ALA Unveils 2013 Finalists for Andrew Carnegie Medals
The American Library Association has announced six books as finalists for the 2013 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction, awarded for the previous year's best fiction and nonfiction books written for adult readers and published in the U.S.
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Retailing
German Court Nixes Selling Used E-books
Weeks after a U.S. court rejected ReDigi’s bid to resell digital files, a German court ruled that digital books can’t be resold by purchasers.
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BookLife
PW Select April 2013: All Our Coverage
The latest PW Select supplement—Publishers Weekly's quarterly guide to what's new in the self-publishing industry.
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Libraries
S&S Offers E-Book Lending, Purchase Via New York City Libraries
The one-year pilot program with the city's three library systems will make the complete Simon & Schuster e-book catalogue available for unlimited checkout during that period.
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Publisher News
Booksellers Urge Court Not to Toss Amazon E-book Lawsuit
Plaintiff booksellers this week filed an opposition motion urging the court not to dismiss their lawsuit against Amazon and the big six publishers, arguing that there is indeed enough evidence of restraint of trade to keep the case moving forward.
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Nancy Pearl
Check it Out with Nancy Pearl: Books on Education
In this month’s column, Nancy weighs in on the Common Core
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Content / e-books
New Filings Hint Royalties Driving HC's Suit Against Open Road
Legal questions aside, a business question looms large: Did HarperCollins choose to litigate a contract drafted more than 40 years ago, before e-books were invented, rather than negotiate a higher e-book royalty rate?
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Content / e-books
Amazon, Publishers Move to Dismiss Bookseller Suit
Amazon and the Big Six publishers moved to dismiss a lawsuit filed by independent booksellers alleging that Amazon’s use of DRM in the Kindle represents an illegal restraint of trade.
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Copyright
In ReDigi Case, Court Forcefully Rejects Digital First Sale
In Capitol Records vs. ReDigi, federal judge Richard Sullivan strongly rejected the expansion of the first sale to cover digital files.
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Copyright
Grimmelmann: ReDigi, Digital First Sale...and Star Trek
At oral argument, Judge Sullivan drew a Star Trek analogy. He asked whether ReDigi was more like a transporter, or a replicator. The problem for ReDigi, and the reason the case is so fascinating, is that the Internet is both.
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Content / e-books
States, U.S. Attorneys in E-book Case Oppose Jury Trial
Both U.S. attorneys and the states have now asked judge Denise Cote to deny Penguin’s request for a jury trial in its upcoming e-book price-fixing trial.
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Libraries
Give ’em What They Want?
In his last column, Brian Kenney did a good and fair job of outlining the Douglas County Libraries e-book model, in which we host and manage our own digital content. Yet, his conclusion was a little puzzling.
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Libraries
Meet Your Makers
When the Boston Public Library—the first free municipal library—opened its doors in 1854, its mission was to create an “informed citizenry”—think the works of John Stuart Mill, or Cicero in translation.
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Content / e-books
Penguin To Ease Restrictions on Library E-books
According to a report by the Associated Press, Penguin says that as of next week it will no longer window its frontlist e-book titles available to libraries.
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Content / e-books
Battle Lines Drawn in HarperCollins, Open Road E-Book Suit
After more than a year since the case was first filed, cross-motions for Summary Judgment were finally submitted last week in HarperCollins’ lawsuit against Open Road over the e-book publisher’s e-book edition of Julie of the Wolves, Jean Craighead George’s bestselling children’s book.
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Libraries
Conference Report: Beyond PDF 2
Academic results have been bundled into journals to facilitate their sharing since 1665, noted attendees at the recent Beyond PDF 2, conference, in Amsterdam. But the Web has brought with it an opportunity to blow up and remake academic publishing.
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