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Established July 2006
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by Rick Mason
Tag Archives: Publishing
Not so Hot Off the Presses
The Guardian newspaper has an interesting story about what can happen when a book from a small publisher wins a prestigious literary award. This is apparently happening more often, as ec0nomic pressures are causing larger publishers to skip innovative/riskier books … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Publishing
Tagged Books, OhioLINK, Publishing, Stephen King, the Guardian
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How the Digital Revolution Changed Our World
An visual chart in the current Newsweek sums up many of the changes we have seen over the past decade: Exactly How Much Are The Times A-Changin’? The categories that are in decline speak volumes: The US Postal Service is … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Books, Google, Government, History, News, Periodicals, Publishing, Statistics, WebSearch
Tagged Blogs, Books, Google, History, News, Newsweek, Publishing, Statistics
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If you were thinking about buying a magazine or two…
Publishers Weekly is reporting that not only are they up for sale by their publisher, Reed Business Information, but that Library Journal and School Library Journal are available as well. Without knowing the cost/profit information for each of these, I … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Periodicals, Publishing
Tagged Blog, Library Journal, Online social networking, Publishers Weekly, Publishing, Reed Business Information, School Library Journal, Twitter, Web 2.0
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Google Book Search Settlement Links
Peter Murray has an incredibly good selection of links about the Google Book Search Settlement on the Disruptive Library Technology Jester blog. Really. Spend some time perusing them.
Posted in Books, Copyright, Fair Use, Google, Government, Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Services, Publishing
Tagged Copyright, Google, Google Books, Peter Murray, Publishing
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Merck, Elsevier, and Ethics
Ever hear of the Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Medicine? Sounds official, as well as medically specific. Did you know it was published by Elsevier? That is is Peer Reviewed? And that it published an article on the effectiveness … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Medical, Periodicals, Publishing
Tagged as well as medically specific, Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Medicine, Elsevier, Ethics, FDA, journals, Official, peer review, Periodicals, promotional tool, Publishing
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Publisher Confidential
Publisher Confidential is a creation by the Unshelved crew that strives to convey to publishers what libraries wish they would know. It consists of brief statements illustrated with the familiar Mallville Public Library staff. The booklet is being distributed to … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Books, Humor, Libraries, Publishing
Tagged Author, BEA, BookExpo America, Books, Humor, Mallville Public Library, Publisher Confidential, Publishing, Unshelved
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Self Publishing as a Marketing Trend
Self-Publishers Flourish as Writers Pay the Tab is an article in today’s New York Times on how this one area of publishing is booming, while it seems all other areas are scaling back. The headline itself doesn’t quite fit the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Libraries, Library 2.0
Tagged Amazon, Libraries, media flourishing, New York Times, Publishing, self-publishing, the long tail, writer
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Nine Inch Nail’s Creative Commons Success
The Creative Commons blog has a thought-provoking post about CC licensed music. It seems that the latest Nine Inch Nails album, Ghost I-IV, is available under a CC license. This means that you can legally download it from any of … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Libraries, News, Publishing
Tagged Amazon, Amazon.com, Amazon.com's MP3 store;, Ghost I;, Libraries, MP3, MP3 store, Music Industry, NIN, Nine Inch Nails, Publishing, RIAA
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Harry Potter and the Unfair Use Lexicon
TeleRead has an excellent post dissecting the recent ruling against the author of the Harry Potter Lexicon. It examines the Fair Use aspects of copyright as they apply to this particular case. via LISNews
Posted in Books, Copyright, News, Publishing
Tagged Author, Copyright, Fair Use, harry potter, harry potter lexicon, Publishing
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