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  Head of Library Association Appeals to Publishers to Sell E-Books to Libraries

  Array readers By Jeremy Greenfield, Editorial Director, Digital Book World, @JDGsaid Opportunity in America will be under threat if publishers can’t find a way to work with libraries in providing more access to e-books to library patrons, according to the head of the American Library Association. “Many readers have trouble understanding why a library would not own a copy

• Support the Translation of Master Chen’s Novels on Kickstarter

  390 readersBoutique publisher Russian Life is using Kickstarter to raise $15,000 to translate three novels by bestseller Dmitri Kosyrev. By Edward Nawotka, Editor-in-Chief Today’s feature story profiles the bestselling Russian novelist Dmitri Kosyrev, aka Master Chen. His work has appeared only sparingly in English, but a Kickstarter effort is now afoot to translate three of his best known books: The

• Open Road Hires New Strategic Advisor

  592 readers Continuing to expand its team, digital publisher Open Road has hired Maggie Crawford as a strategic advisor, focusing on commercial fiction, including romance, women’s fiction, thrillers and mysteries. Crawford spent many years at Simon & Schuster division Pocket Books as vice president and editorial director until being laid off in 2009 during a period of cutting

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  U.S. Copyrights Official: Publishers Are Indispensable

  832 readers By Jeremy Greenfield, Editorial Director, Digital Book World, @JDGsaid As U.S. policy toward copyright navigates the digital era, the head of the U.S. copyright office affirmed publishers’ place in America at a meeting of the largest publishers. Democracy, the economy and intellectual progress are unsustainable without the publishing industry, said Maria Pallante, register of copyrights at the

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  Have the Ethics of Book Scanning Changed?

  821 readersAs we’ve become more comfortable with e-books, have the ethics of book scanning changed? By Edward Nawotka, Editor-in-Chief Not too long ago Google inspired rage in publishers when they announced their intention to scan and digitize all the world’s libraries — largely without permission. The very thought still bothers many publishers, though it is likely that some

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  Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) Appoints New Executive Director

  1172 readersThe Independent Book Publishers Association yesterday announced that it has selected Angela Bole, currently the deputy executive director of the Book Industry Study Group, as the association’s next executive director. Bole will be replacing Florrie Binford Kichler, who will be retiring from the IBPA this June. “IBPA has been uniquely positioned as the heart and soul of independent

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  Publishers win an international piracy battle

  1027 readers From Publishers Weekly: An international alliance of publishers and publishing associations has succeeded in getting a Munich court to serve cease and desist orders to the operators of two Web sites that have been illegally offering more than 400,000 copyrighted books for free. The operators, currently based in Galway, Ireland, are estimated to have earned over

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  German E-books Accounted for 0.5% Revenue in 2010, Breakthrough Expected in 2011

  2259 readersBy Publishing Perspectives staff Germany’s book market is among the top three in size in the world, though e-books remain only a small percentage of overall sales, accounting for 21.2 million Euros in revenue in 2010, or 0.5% of the total market (excluding academic books and textbooks) and just 5.4% of sales, according to a new joint

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  Banned Book Week to Feature Virtual Read-Out

  1293 readersWhen Banned Books Week rolls around on September 24, readers, librarians, and other supporters will have the chance to join in a new protest. BBW wants videos showing you reading a banned book. The video needs to be less than 2 minutes long, and it needs to be uploaded to Youtube. But it doesn’t matter who

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  New List of Banned SF Books from Worlds Without End

  695 readersHave you ever wondered which classic SF books have been banned? Today I found a list that gathers all the science fiction and fantasy books that have been banned in the US, and I’m surprised at what made the list. Worlds Without End compiled this list of 34 titles for Banned Book Week, which ended a