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MARC records from the publisher?
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MARC records from the publisher?

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Michael Sauers

I read copyright pages. (Don’t ask.) As a result, sometimes I read suprising things. Here’s something I found last night: Well, that’s interesting… A normal…

ebooks

Dear Publishers

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Michael Sauers

DRM is dumb. DRM does not work. DRM is the Empire is tightening its fist, which only forces more star systems to slip through its…

ebooks

Cory Doctorow: Libraries and E-books

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Michael Sauers

At the start of the summer, I traveled to Chicago for the annual national conference of the American Library Association. It was great. There are…

ebooks

Judge: Apple Conspired To Price-Fix eBooks

Posted on July 10, 2013July 10, 2013 by Michael Sauers

U.S. District Judge Denise L. Cote’s ruling in the non-jury trial sets back what Apple claimed all along: that their discussions with the five major…

Books

Hachette buying Hyperion

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Michael Sauers

PARIS — Hachette Book Group, a division of French publishing giant Hachette Livre, says it’s buying Disney’s Hyperion, in a deal that will significantly expand…

ebooks

Authors for Library Ebooks

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Michael Sauers

Are you an author? Do you want all eBooks to be available to all libraries? Our nation’s readers and libraries need your help. Did you…

Politics & Law

Major Book Publishers Demand Identities of Usenet Uploaders (Remember Usenet?)

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Michael Sauers

Some of the world’s largest book publishers are going after two prolific Usenet uploaders. The publishers have obtained subpoenas from a federal court in the…

ebooks

Ursula K. LeGuin on eBooks, Libraries, and Publishers

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Michael Sauers

While most small presses sell all their books freely and happily to libraries, the “Big Five” publishers continue to be terrified by the idea of…

ebooks

DOJ: Steve Jobs E-Mails Show That Apple Engaged In E-Book Price-Fixing

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Michael Sauers

Both the publishers and Apple have denied any collusion, but a newly uncovered e-mail from late Apple co-founder and turtlenecked figurehead Steve Jobs to James…

Writing

Licensing your work on your terms

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Michael Sauers

I recently put the payment for a speaking gig on the line over licensing terms. In that case the terms were changed, the event happened,…

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