The Battle For the Books

Feb 24, 2013 | News

Courtrooms, like football fields, are stages for transformation.  At times, opposing sides clash over principle.  Otherwise, they fight for profit.  There are good guys, and there are bad guys, umpires, and cheerleaders.  At the conclusion of such contests, we hardly...

Sherlock Holmes, RIP

Feb 22, 2013 | News

In a famous case, Sherlock Holmes seemed to meet his demise. Yet the character survives, and for a detective 126 years old, he manages rather well to this day in part because of an apparent quirk in copyright law. One scholar, though, wants to put an end to Holmes as...

‘Social Media Audit’ for Authors, Publishers

Feb 20, 2013 | Podcasts

In short order and forever, Facebook, Twitter, and other social media sites have changed the ways that individuals seek and find information about products, people, and organizations.  Creating a Facebook or Twitter account is only the start, of course.  Real change...

Taking On Google’s News Monopoly

Feb 17, 2013 | News

Last month, the Federal Trade Commission declined to take up antitrust charges against Google. The decision disappointed not only Google’s competitors, who charge the Internet search giant with monopolistic practices, but also consumer advocates who say that its...

Publishing Looks Into Future

Feb 15, 2013 | News

At the Tools of Change conference for 2013, to paraphrase William Gibson, the future is already here – and it was pretty evenly distributed among the many panels and workshops. Publishers and their technology vendors were focused this week on conversion and...

Outsell Open Access Report Highlights

Feb 13, 2013 | News

Across all types of media, the onslaught of digital disruption typically prompts a defensive reaction. Publishers struggle to maintain their legacy business models, even as they must build out new models that are sustainable and scalable. The digital challenge is...

The Metadata Handbook

Feb 10, 2013 | News

Publishers and authors who want to sell their books in the Digital Age need to learn a new language: Metadata. It sounds like a computer language, and in a way it is, but metadata is much more. It’s as old as the ancient library of Alexandria, Egypt, and as new as the...

Serving Argentine Authors And Publishers

Feb 8, 2013 | International

Facilitating copyright permissions for academics and professionals; protecting the rights of authors and publishers. In Argentina, CADRA manages both goals, allowing for the copying and sharing of published works, as well as compensation for these re-uses. On behalf...

Licensing With CADRA

Feb 8, 2013 | International

Facilitating copyright permissions for academics and professionals; protecting the rights of authors and publishers. In Argentina, CADRA manages both goals, allowing for the copying and sharing of published works, as well as compensation for these re-uses. On behalf...

All About CADRA

Feb 8, 2013 | International

Facilitating copyright permissions for academics and professionals; protecting the rights of authors and publishers. In Argentina, CADRA manages both goals, allowing for the copying and sharing of published works, as well as compensation for these re-uses. On behalf...