Digital ‘No Sale’

When Internet start-ups are sued for copyright infringement, the complaints focus on piracy and services that make copyrighted books, music, and videos available for free. Not so in Capitol Records v. ReDigi, Inc. – the defendant, ReDigi, offered a service that...

Libraries Stay Cool

Chicago may be in a heat wave, but for the annual conference there this weekend of the American Library Association, there’s a welcome breeze blowing. Libraries still matter in the digital age, it turns out, even if the numbers of e-books on virtual shelves remain...

What An Indie Author Learns

To mark the national broadcast on Book-TV today (Saturday, June 22) for CCC’s panel on Self-Publishing: Disruptor Or Defender Of The Book Business?, Beyond the Book presents a special interview with an “indie author” who shares what he’s learned from inside the book...

Apple Awaits Its Fate

In closing arguments in the Department of Justice case charging Apple with price-fixing for e-books, attorneys for the government and the computing giant offered contrasting views of what it takes to make a conspiracy. “Apple lead counsel Orin Snyder was...

Hey, Authors! It Really Is All About You!

Today, as never before in the history of the book, the business of publishing offers endless opportunities for writers and others to take charge of their creative efforts. Whether you are an aspiring author, one who has already self-published, or are newly independent...

Trials & Tribulations For Apple

The second week in the government’s e-book price-fixing trial against Apple has concluded with testimony from  Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president and chief negotiator with publishers ahead of the launch of the iPad in early 2010. On the stand, says Andrew...

When Pirates Ruled America

As the e-book price-fixing trial opened this week in Manhattan, attorneys quizzed attorneys – with predictable results, notes Andrew Albanese, Publishers Weekly senior writer. First in the witness box was Apple’s associate general counsel Kevin Saul. “His testimony...

Who’s Winning ‘Mobile Wars’

As mobile devices – smartphones and tablets – grow roots ever deeper into our personal and professional lives, publishers may feel forced to choose sides in the various wars and battles raging among Apple and Samsung, iOS and Android, and various other players and...