Velocity of Content

Velocity of Content


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Saving Copyright for UK Authors & Publishers
August 15, 2021

In June, the UK’s Intellectual Property Office announced it will look at changes to the exhaustion of intellectual property rights. Essentially, exhaustion of IP rights is a limit on the control that

Delta Variant Thwarts Hachette Office Return
August 13, 2021

The rise of the Delta variant of SARS-COV-2 has moved one major publisher to reverse plans to return to the office.

Blockchain Enthusiast
August 08, 2021

Darrell Gunter has helped bring to market digital-driven initiatives such as Factiva, ScienceDirect, Scopus, and others. The technology next-in-line to transform publishing, says the industry veteran,

Libraries On The Infrastructure List
August 06, 2021

Restoring and remaking the national infrastructure is going beyond roads and bridges to include libraries.

Global Science, Local Change
August 01, 2021

“The solutions are coming from the Africans themselves and from the developing world,” says Gracian Chimwaza. “They work locally to address the problems locally.”

Industry Analyst Sees Book Sales Headed to Banner Year
July 30, 2021

Could the “new normal” bring high-flying book sales back to earth?

Libraries in Lockdown
July 25, 2021

As Open Access and Open Science policies have taken hold, university librarians flung open the doors to their institutions. But in March 2020, those same libraries were forced to shut as the COVID-19

Scribd Reaches for Unicorn Status
July 23, 2021

Timing may finally be right for a Scribd IPO.

Comics Go to School
July 18, 2021

Comics have long played an important role in the reading habits of many children and adults around the world, but in North America, appreciation of the format –including graphic novels and manga – has

Graphic Novels Show Monster Sales Growth
July 16, 2021

Graphic novels made up almost 20% of adult fiction unit sales in the first half of 2021, compared to 9.3% last year. Unit sales soared 178.5% in the first six month of this year. With 16.2 million cop