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  PW’s Week Ahead 12.02.11

  3335 readersLibraries take the spotlight this week, as PW’s upcoming issue is the ALA midwinter preview. “Monday’s issue will have 15 pages dedicated to libraries—and to no one’s surprise, e-books are part of that package,” Andrew Albanese tells CCC’s Chris Kenneally, noting that Penguin’s announcement that it has pulled its frontlist e-book titles from its library

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  PW’s Week Ahead 03.09.12

  2377 readersDigital changes everything – and disrupting business models is only part of it. Relationships among partners likewise are undergoing radical transformation. In the quiet halls of public libraries, the rising volume of buzz you hear is what to do about those publishers. “The tension between libraries and publishers is at a fever pitch,” PW’s Andrew Albanese

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  BTB #273: Mike Shatzkin Previews DBW Conference

  2429 readersAs the third annual Digital Book World Conference prepares to open in New York City on January 23, Digital Book World organizer Mike Shatzkin, founder and CEO of the Idea Logical Company, tells CCC’s Chris Kenneally that attendees should expect news and insights linked to the very latest industry data. Among the highlights, says Shatzkin,

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  PW’s Week Ahead 11.04.11

  6082 readersOn Thursday, Amazon jumped into the digital book lending business, announcing the launch of Kindle Owners Lending Library for Amazon Prime members. PW’s Features Editor Andrew Albanese runs through what’s to like, and what’s not to like, for publishers and authors about this latest move to drive Kindle sales (and oh yes, book sales, too).

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  Best of BTB: Information For Innovation

  13961 readersA discussion with Martha Anderson, director of the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program for the Library of Congress, recording while attending the annual NFAIS Conference in Philadelphia. Anderson tells CCC’s Chris Kenneally about her efforts to collect all manner of digital content, from Twitter tweets to amateur videos. “I think the real value of

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  PW’s Week Ahead 03.30.12

  1212 readersMagic wand and e-reader in hand, Harry Potter returned to the spotlight on the publishing industry stage this week. Pottermore, the official digital home of the seven-novel series from J.K. Rowling launched this week. In the days ahead, when talk turns to evil-doing, it’s likely to involve old “you-know-what” – that’s right, DRM. “You know that

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  PW’s Week Ahead: 02.03.12

  4179 readersThey sell books, don’t they? This week, Amazon and Barnes & Noble make news over which books they sell – and which ones they won’t. And a new entry in the fantasy genre, Rose Fox tells us, finds Hurricane Katrina unleashing magical forces as well as meteorological ones. “Ever since Amazon began expanding its publishing program,

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  PW’s Week Ahead: 10.14.11

  1798 readersReporting direct from the show floor at Frankfurt Book Fair, Andrew Albanese brings word on the books and the deals that have the halls abuzz at the world’s biggest book and media fair. From the opposite side of “the pond,” at PW’s offices in New York City, reviews editor and blogger Rose Fox tells CCC’s

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  BTB #221: Information For Innovation

  2255 readersA discussion with Martha Anderson, director of the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program for the Library of Congress, recording while attending the annual NFAIS Conference in Philadelphia. Anderson tells CCC’s Chris Kenneally about her efforts to collect all manner of digital content, from Twitter tweets to amateur videos. “I think the real value

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  PW’s Week Ahead 05.11.12

  3404 readersAuthors’ representatives – otherwise known as literary agents – have done some writing on their own this week. In a missive to the US Department of Justice, the board of the Association of Authors’ Representatives (AAR) conveyed “in the strongest terms possible” its opposition to a proposed settlement with three publishers over alleged e-book price