In defending themselves against charges of collusion, the publishers recently sued by the U.S. Department…
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Publishers Handed Amazon Its eBook Strength
Over the weekend, Mike Cane and Charlie Stross looked at book publishing in the wake…
Two-Track Strategies on Lawyers and Libraries
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the North Atlantic Treated Organization (NATO) pursued a…
Libraries: Publishing’s First and Best Defense Against Piracy
At yesterday’s On Copyright 2012, sponsored by the Copyright Clearance Center, competing claims about book…
Thinking About DRM As a Term
At South by Southwest, I attended “Publishing Models Transforming the Book“, a panel moderated by…
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An Evolving List of Digital Readers’ Rights
Last week, author (and former agent) Nathan Bransford A Reader’s Bill of Rights“, in which…
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A Borrower And A Lender Be
Now is the winter of my desk content, and I have been trying to catch…
An Open Letter To AG President Scott Turow
Dear Mr. Turow, Congratulations and best wishes on your election as president of the Authors…