Authors Guild Voices Concerns with 'Amazon's Library Lending Mess'

Authors Guild Voices Concerns with 'Amazon's Library Lending Mess'
Publishers Weekly
“For example,” the guild noted, “a publisher could cherry pick a selection of 'loss leaders' to license for unlimited use in order to attract readers to the publisher's other books.” The guild told authors it believes that under most, ...
Best books of 2010
BusinessWorld Online Edition
In 2009, Republic Act 9521 or the National Book Development Trust Fund Act was passed, further assuring support for Philippine authors and the book publishing industry toward making it a globally competitive industry. The new chair of the NBDB is Neni ...
Associa Supports Kids Releases Children's Books
MarketWatch (press release)
DALLAS, Nov 14, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Just in time for the holidays, Associa Supports Kids (ASK) releases a series of children's books -- Scout Goes to a Sleepover, Scout Stays Active and Strong and Scout Goes to the Beach -- to educate parents and ...
Venture: National interlibrary loan for e-books?
WBEZ
So they restrict library access to ebooks. "Most publishers insist that libraries license the books, which means they don't really own them," says Brantley, "and they put on very hard conditions sometimes about what libraries can do with those books. ...
Two books on Google Applications published: Google App Inventor and Google ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Packt Publishing is pleased to announce the publication of Google App Inventor and Google Apps: Mastering Integration and Customization - two books and eBooks for Google Developers and Professionals wanting to learn all about Google Apps. Birmingham: ...
How to Read A Videogame: The Books of Skyrim
Paste Magazine
According to Kuhlmann, The Elder Scrolls' literary roots are as numerous as the authors who crafted the books. “We often make nods to real-world literature for a variety of reasons depending on the writer,” he says. “One thing that people may not ...
Best Job in Canadian Publishing
Quill & Quire
A minimum of ten years publishing experience with time spent in a senior editorial position, extensive contacts with authors and freelancers, an ability to work under pressure and a desire to continue the high level of quality that has come to ...
As Perry's poll numbers shrink, so does market for his books
MiamiHerald.com
Stanford said he and Moore have shifted course and are self-publishing their work as an e-book this week followed by a paperback version to come out later. Stanford said the original January release date risked the book coming out too late to ...
Top Shelf Hits iBooks and Google Books, Launches Two Digital Comics Apps
ComicsAlliance
Top Shelf Productions is one of those companies that the comics industry needs, with a wonderfully diverse line-up of books, from children's books by Andy Runton and James Kochalka to more adult fare by Alan Moore and Jeff Lemire. ...
Twitter Founder Reveals Publishing Plans
Technology Review (blog)
Jack Dorsey says Square's real mission is to turn the humble receipt into a lucrative new publishing platform. Jack Dorsey, known to his 1.7 million followers at @jack, is trying to invent a new form of publishing again. The last time he did that, ...
2 held for selling pirated books near Gandhi Maidan
Times of India
PATNA: The Patna Police detained two persons, including a book seller, on Monday for selling pirated books of renowned publishing houses near Gandhi Maidan. DSP (town) Ramakant said he had information that pirated books of renowned publishing houses ...
Duqu authors write in Dexter reference "Easter egg"
Techworld.com
By Jeremy Kirk | Published: 10:21, 14 November 2011 Duqu authors referenced TV show Dexter in an "Easter egg" hidden message in the coding for the most discussed piece of malicious coding since Stuxnet, security analysts have said. ...
Amazon E-Library Is Publishing's Profit Model: Virginia Postrel
BusinessWeek
In an environment where books are increasingly digital, what's the most effective way to create value for readers, for authors and for intermediaries? And -- the biggest question -- which intermediaries will survive the transition? ...
Wellesley Free Library hosts Jewish authors panel
Boston.com
and ''What is the market for publishing Jewish books?'' The event is aimed at parents, educators, and those interested in publishing Jewish-themed books. The program will include a question and answer period, and the authors will sign copies of their ...
The Red Carpet Season for Books
Huffington Post
Awards offer us, as readers, a focused, curated list of the best books of the year. While there are plenty of gems out there that don't make it onto the long and short lists; those lists are a convenient starting point for anyone daunted by the "too ...
Giveaway: Thanksgiving and Holiday Books to Get You Through the Season
Baristanet
I've found that a great way to transition children (and the adults who love them) from one frantic time of year to another is through reading books relating to an upcoming season or holiday. To help you along, we have some suggestions (and a giveaway!) ...
Tween Publishing' s College Readiness Series Puts Middle School Students on ...
PR.com (press release)
Tween Publishing provides innovative and engaging curriculum teaching middle school students essential college readiness skills. Tween is leading the way with The Middle School Student Guide to...®series. Tween recently rolled out the second program in ...
.net Magazine's Top 25 Web Design Books – Jeffrey Zeldman ...
By Jeffrey Zeldman
.net Magazine's Top 25 Web Design Books. CONGRATULATIONS TO A List Apart technical editors Aaron Gustafson and Ethan Marcotte, whose Adaptive Web Design and Responsive Web Design were ranked #1 and #2 in .net Magazine's “ Top 25 Books for Web Designers and Developers” of 2011. Other top-ranked web design books include CSS3 for ... Congratulations to these authors! The top 25 books for web designers and developers | Feature | .net magazine. del.icio.us · Digg ...
Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The...
Five Books | through the looking glass
By alice
I was interviewed for the Browser's “Five Books” feature last week, talking about children's science literature. I did my PhD on kids' science books. People sometimes think it was a strange, even trivial, thing to study – that children's literature is ...
through the looking glass
The quandary of illustrated e-books | TeleRead: News and views on ...
By Chris Meadows
Mike Shatzkin's latest blog entry looks at the quandary posed by converting “illustrated” books, which one estimate puts at 25% of print books sold, into. ... Connect. TeleRead - News and views onebooks, libraries, publishing and related topics · HOME| · AROUND THE WORLD| · EREADERS| · LIBRARY| · COPYRIGHT| ... "From what I've read from other SW authors, I think a lot of problems with SW publsihed works is that too many authors are not ..." Deran on "Smashwords to accept ...
TeleRead: News and views on e-books,...
3 Unusual Keys to Using Ebooks to Make a Living | Write to Done
By Leo Babauta
That can be confusing, but in four years of publishing books, ebooks, courses and more, I've learned a few things most people don't tell you. I'll share some of what I've learned here, in hopes that it'll help you get your ideas out there, and in ...
Write to Done
Advice for Reading Theology Books Even Though You're Busy ...
By Josh Etter
Now, I know what you are thinking: I don't have the time or the ability to get anywhere in books like that. So I want to show you something really encouraging. When this was shown to me about four years ago by my pastor, it changed my life. ...
Desiring God Blog
Librarian Preview: Lerner Books (Spring 2012) « A Fuse #8 Production
By Elizabeth Bird
Still and all, the good people of Lerner Publishing Group (Lindsay Matvick and Terri Reden if you want to get specific) weren't exactly unaware of the effects babies have on one's output. Hence the tardiness of this post, I suppose. They sat ...
A Fuse #8 Production
Authors Guild Criticizes Kindle Owners' Lending Library - GalleyCat
By Jason Boog
The Authors Guild issued a stern statement about Amazon's Kindle Owners' Lending Library today, concluding: “Under most (perhaps all) publishing contracts, a license to Amazon's Lending Library is outside the bounds of the publisher's licensing authority.” Earlier this month, Amazon ... The library includes 5000 titles, ranging from three books by Michael Lewis to Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games trilogy to Sara Gruen's Water for Elephants. The Guild recommended authors ...
GalleyCat
Rainy day thoughts: Audio books-- Joseph Campbell
By Rain
When we are on road trips, we often take audio books with us. Some are simply for pleasure. Others about subjects in which we have a particular interest. On the last trip we made over to Montana and Eastern Oregon, we took Man and Myth-- ...
Rainy day thoughts

Barbara Grier, Publisher of Lesbian Books, Dies at 78
New York Times
By PAUL VITELLO Barbara Grier, a founder of one of the most successful publishing houses forbooks by and about lesbians, including a nonfiction chronicle about lesbian nuns that became a phenomenon after it drew complaints from Roman Catholic ...
Lincoln books best left to pros (read-this roundup)
Washington Post (blog)
A fun fact from the piece: of the 125 books written about Lincoln, only eight are by actual historians. And it had to happen. In the most obvious skit ever, SNL parodied Texas Gov. Rick Perry's oopsie-I-forgot-my-line moment at last week's debate. ...
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