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Copyright
ALA Midwinter 2012: Panel Tells Librarians to Go Forth and Digitize
Despite recent lawsuits over e-reserves, digital archives, and orphan works, at a two-hour program at ALA Midwinter, panelists urged librarians to go forth and digitize, that they already have the sturdy legal cover they need to proceed: fair use.
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Content / e-books
Pew Says Ownership of Tablets and E-Readers Doubled Over the Holidays
The Pew Internet and American Life Project today released a "mini-report" on the adoption of tablets and e-readers that the number of Americans owning e-reader devices jumped from 18% to 29%, meaning that nearly 1 in 3 Americans now owns a device.
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Awards & PrizesEugenides and Hochschild Among 2011 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalists
At a gala event at Artists Space in downtown New York, the NBCC announced its finalists for awards for 2011 books in six categories, along with winners of two honorary citations. Click to read our reviews of all of the finalist books.
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Copyright
After Protest, Legislators Withdraw Support for SOPA, PIPA
After what’s being called “the largest online protest in Internet history,” legislators are withdrawing support for the SOPA abd PIPA bills.
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Copyright
SOPA, PROTECT IP Opponents Protest with Online Blackout
Thousands of Web sites which oppose the controversial “anti-piracy” bills SOPA and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) are protesting against the proposed legislation with a 24-hour blackout.
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Copyright
White House, Congressional Leaders Come Out Against SOPA
In a statement, the White House this week said it would not support any bill that would “inhibit innovation,” for American business and vowed to protect "the openness of the Internet."
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Nancy Pearl
Check it Out with Nancy Pearl: New Year's Resolutions 2012
Resolutions! It’s the first column of the New Year, and we all know that with new years come New Year’s resolutions. If you had a chance to make literary, library, or publishing resolutions for 2012, what would they be?
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Publisher News
Nancy Pearl Teams with Amazon for “Book Lust Rediscoveries” Series
Amazon today announced that it has launched a new series with “America’s favorite librarian” (and PW columnist) Nancy Pearl.
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Publisher News
Publishers Back Bill to Ban Public Access Mandates to Federally Funded Research
A recently introduced bill in the House of Representatives would bar the federal government from mandating that the public have free access to the research it funds has the backing of the AAP.
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Publisher News
Bestsellers ’11: The Year in Bestselling Books
It seems almost retro to be writing an article on 2011 bestsellers focused on print only, especially in a year that saw major gains in e-book sales and when one of the hottest holiday gifts was a Kindle. Current estimates put e-book sales at about 20% of total book sales, with higher figures projected for this year. According to an online CNNMoney report, the Kindle e-reader was Amazon’s top seller in December, boasting more than a million Kindles each week during the gift-shopping season. The story also noted that 2011 sales of e-book readers at Amazon outpaced 2010 sales by more than 175%.
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Copyright
Google Files Motion to Dismiss Lawsuits
As expected, on Thursday Google filed a motion to dismiss the Authors Guild as an associational plaintiff from the long-running book-scanning case, and also moved to sever the American Society of Media Photographers from its related suit against Google.
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Copyright
SOPA Mark-Up Session Delayed Until Next Year; An Opening for OPEN?
With Congress embroiled in a fight over extending the payroll tax cut, House Judiciary Committee spokeswoman Kim Smith confirmed that Wednesday's scheduled Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) hearing has been delayed. Smith said the committee expected the bill to be taken up again "early next year."
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Copyright
SOPA Will Be Taken Up Again Wednesday
According to a tweet from House member Darrell Issa (R-CA) the House mark-up of SOPA (the Stop Online Piracy Act) is scheduled to resume on Wednesday, Dec. 21, at 9 a.m., after an unexpected delay stopped the bill from coming to a vote in the judiciary committee last Friday.
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Content / e-books
The Library Alternative
PW contributing editor Peter Brantley on Amazon, libraries and the road ahead.
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Copyright
Register of Copyrights Addresses Legislative Efforts
At a Copyright Clearance Center panel held December 12 at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., Maria Pallante, the register of copyrights, expressed support for the broad strokes of two copyright bills now before Congress—the Senate’s PROTECT IP bill and the recently introduced companion bill in the House, SOPA (the Stop Online Piracy Act). “Copyright is a tremendous factor in our economy,”
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Copyright
SOPA Stalled: House Committee Adjourns Without Vote
A House Judiciary Committee adjourned Friday afternoon without voting on the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), with no date set for a new vote, essentially stalling the bill despite what seemed like a fast track to approval. The delay comes as opposition mounts, including a scathing analysis this week from constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe who deemed the bill as written unconstitutional.
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Content / e-books
Cambridge University Press to Preserve E-books with Portico
Portico and Cambridge University Press have announced an agreement to preserve Cambridge Books Online content with Portico.
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Copyright
HathiTrust Answers Authors Guild Lawsuit; Trial Schedule Set
Lawyers for the HathiTrust, the digitization initiative of some 40 university libraries, filed its answer to the Authors Guild lawsuit, asking the suit be dismissed for a variety of reasons and suggests it possible defenses.
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Shows & Events
PW's Complete 2012 ALA Midwinter Preview
PW's complete ALA Midwinter Preview, our look at what to expect at this year's American Library Association Midwinter meeting, held in Dallas from January 20-24, 2012.
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Marketing
Pioneering Library-Publisher Relations
Even in tense times, there is far more that unites publishers and libraries than divides them. And if one needs proof that librarians and publishers share common goals and can work together to mutual benefit, they need look no further than the career of Marcia Purcell, Random House’s v-p of library and academic marketing.
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