Velocity of Content

Velocity of Content


Latest Episodes

Publishing Antitrust Case in Final Stages
August 26, 2022

Efforts to label the case as the trial of the century in publishing are misplaced, Andrew Albanese asserts.

Making Libraries Welcoming Spaces
August 21, 2022

The university library holds first a central role as a study space. With enrollment increasingly diverse, librarians and administrators see responsibility for making that study space into a welcoming

Defense Witnesses Testify in Publishing Antitrust Case
August 19, 2022

Testimony about the lifespan of a book and headcount synergies.

Yambo Ouologuem Reconsidered
August 14, 2022

How a 2021 French literary accolade has helped revive interest in an African novelist of the 1960s.

Big 5 CEOs Testify in Antitrust Case
August 12, 2022

Government witness HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray expressed amazement at the $2.18 billion offer by Penguin Random House for Simon & Schuster.

Copyright & Technology 2022 Preview
August 07, 2022

The conference keynote speaker is Kris Ahrend, CEO, the Mechanical Licensing Collective.

Publishing “Trial of the Century” Opens
August 05, 2022

The court heard on Tuesday from a freelance writer bestselling horror novelist Stephen King. As a witness for the government, King, in effect, was taking the stand against his own publisher.

The Content Authenticity Initiative
July 31, 2022

More and more, people trust information less and less.

E-Book Price Suit Is “Implausible” Say Amazon, Publishers
July 29, 2022

In 2013, in the so-called Apple e-books case, Amazon was the alleged victim of a conspiracy by the major publishers. Now, Amazon and the Big Five are named as co-conspirators in a suit brought by Ha

Do Book Consumers Discriminate Against Black, Female, or Young Authors?
July 24, 2022

Readers really werent sensitive to the identities of the authors. They were welcoming of this diversity of voices, especially ones that had been underrepresented, says Prof. Dana Weinberg.