A publisher’s “embargo” for e-books at US libraries has sparked outrage from librarians

Scholarly publishing analyst Rob Johnson contemplates the dilemma at the heart of hybrid Open Access business models

“If a bookstore (or Amazon) decides to carry all books, may the Government then force the bookstore (or Amazon) to feature and promote all books in the same manner?”

Who knew writing a book required a law degree?

A series of recordings from the Copyright Clearance Center.

With a wide range of titles, we see a lot of excitement about the format, and it gets a lot of new listeners to try audiobooks.

The industry needs B&N to do better. And it just isn’t.

Forward-thinking editors, however, demand freedom to reuse and repurpose content in innovative, high value ways, especially on mobile devices.

If the former First Lady says something perceived as critical of the administration, will that put Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden in the crosshairs? And if nothing political is brought up, well – is that not a missed opportunity?

A chemist turned technology executive, inspired by Gandhi, pens a memoir