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Frankfurt Book FairFrankfurt Book Fair 2014: How to Outcompete Amazon? Think 'Reader'
Chris Kubica argues that the book business has so far been too content to put the future of reading in the hands of others, and offers 8 ideas to change that.
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Common Core
Cut to the Core: Digital Products Bring New Hope for Common Core
The publishing industry has been abuzz about the Common Core for some time now, trying to keep abreast of the best ways to meet the marketplace demand for resources that align with the standards.
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Frankfurt Book Fair
A New Era for Frankfurt
The Frankfurt Book Fair ran from October 8 to 12, wrapping up on Sunday, and while professional attendance appears to have dipped (exact figures were not available at press time), there was a noticeable increase in the enthusiasm of attendees.
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Frankfurt Book Fair
Frankfurt Book Fair 2014: UCLA Historian Peter Baldwin on the 'Copyright Wars'
PW catches up with UCLA history professor Peter Baldwin, whose new book, The Copyright Wars: Three Centuries of TransAtlantic Battle, looks at copyright's complex past, and uncertain future.
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Frankfurt Book Fair
Frankfurt Book Fair 2014: Paulo Coelho Tells Publishers 'Don't Be Greedy'
At a standing room only session at the Frankfurt Book Fair, bestselling Brazilian author Paulo Coelho had a message for publishers: Embrace change. And, lower your e-book prices.
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Frankfurt Book Fair
Frankfurt Book Fair 2014: 'You Have to Try Things,' Says HarperCollins' Murray
It's been a time of expansion, and experimentation, HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray told a Frankfurt Book Fair audience, from the acquisition of Harlequin, to new strategies such as direct to consumer models, and subscription access.
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Frankfurt Book Fair
Frankfurt Book Fair 2014: CCC Hosts Open Access Town Hall
At a packed, two-hour town hall in Hall 4.2, the Copyright Clearance Center examined the shift to Open Access publishing, and the next steps in its development.
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Frankfurt Book Fair
Frankfurt Book Fair 2014: Publishers Urged to Reclaim Copyright Debate
Copyright is "more important than it has ever been," but has the copyright debate been hijacked by anti-copyright forces, including those in the tech sector?
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Frankfurt Book Fair
Frankfurt Book Fair 2014: Four Questions for Samsung's Rory O'Neill
Rory O’Neill, Samsung's marketing director for European Telecommunications Operations, talked about the company's foray into books at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
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Frankfurt Book Fair
Frankfurt Book Fair 2014: Betting Big on Publishing’s Future
If you had $10 million to invest in a new publishing business today, with no limitations or obligations, where would you put your money? That's the question put to an opening panel at Frankfurt Book Fair's digital conference, ConTec.
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Frankfurt Book Fair
Frankfurt Book Fair 2014: Apple, Amazon in Race for Mobile Readers
The rise of reading on mobile phones is a hot topic at the Frankfurt Book Fair, but perhaps the most surprising finding of a new survey is that Apple is giving Amazon a run for its money among younger readers.
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Libraries
Michael Kelley: How Libraries Preserve E-books
Librarians caution that we are tumbling toward a digital memory hole in which large portions of our literary heritage could one day be lost altogether.
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Content / e-books
Authors Guild Met with DoJ About Amazon
The Authors Guild confirmed that it hosted a meeting in August between a group of authors and the Department of Justice, in an effort draw antitrust scrutiny of Amazon's practices.
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Awards & Prizes
National Book Award 2014 Poetry Finalists
Among the poets on this year’s longlist are two former National Book Award Finalists and two former Poets Laureate of the United States.
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Content / e-books
Libraries Balk at OverDrive Changes
In a letter to OverDrive CEO Steve Potash, the ReadersFirst coalition of libraries has protested a change that would require new users of OverDrive’s app to register accounts directly with OverDrive.
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Copyright
EU Court: Libraries Can Digitize, But Not Distribute
In a directive issued this week, a European Union court held that European libraries can digitize works in their collections but, without an explicit exception by a member state, are limited to displaying digitized works at dedicated reading terminals.
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Libraries
New Pew Report Explores Young Americans' Library Habits
A new report from the Pew Research Center Internet Project offers mixed news for public libraries.
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Content / e-books
Amazon Customers Notified of Apple Settlement
Amazon this week emailed Kindle customers court-mandated notice of the terms of Apple’s recent deal to settle damages in its e-book price-fixing case.
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Common Core
Cut to the Core: Low Support for Common Core After First Year
One year ago this month, in September 2013, we opened our inaugural PW column with a look at the myths and realities that surround the Common Core State Standards.
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Publisher News
New Murakami Book on the Way
To be released in December, 'The Strange Library' will be Murakami’s second work published in 2014, a 96-page illustrated book designed by Chip Kidd.
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