Velocity of Content

Velocity of Content


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Macmillan Offers Libraries E-Book Embargo Alternatives
March 13, 2020

In emails to a select group of librarians, Macmillan sought feedback on three alternative schemes. In all three, according to Andrew Albanese, Macmillan’s eight-week embargo would be abandoned.

Ensuring a More Literate Future for All
March 08, 2020

Diversity, inclusion, and community engagement all play critical roles in nurturing new readers and writers

Curtain falls on 2020 London Book Fair
March 06, 2020

“London Book Fair will be back next year in March for the show’s fiftieth anniversary.”

Pathbreakers, Pioneers, and Trailblazers
March 01, 2020

PublisHer marks its first birthday in London at the British Library with a March 9th summit of women who have generated positive change in world publishing.

Bologna Moves To May; London Stays Put
February 28, 2020

On Tuesday, London Book Fair organizers announced that the mid-March show would go on as scheduled. “They are keeping calm and carrying on,” Andrew Albanese says.

Are Publishers Ready for the New Readers?
February 23, 2020

At STM Week in London, technologists working in publishing consider what it takes to make content ready for computer readers.

American Library Association Faces Up to Fiscal Dilemma
February 21, 2020

American Library Association members are absorbing distressing news about the organization’s fiscal well-being.

Spanish Books on Show in Guadalajara
February 16, 2020

At FIL, the rivalry between Planeta and Penguin Random House Groupo Editorial, the two dominant publishers in the Spanish-language market, was on full display

Audible “Permanently Restrained” in Captions Case
February 14, 2020

Audible has agreed not to include the copyrighted works of the seven plaintiff publishers in its “Captions” program without express permission.

What Proposed White House Executive Order on Open Access Gets Wrong
February 09, 2020

Publishers and their advocates make the case that the OA EO would throw the research ecosystem into chaos.