GW ePublishing

Report on a three day gathering of experts on books, publishing and reading, to collaboratively explore the future of the book and the transformation of reading, publishing and learning.  Session videos are available.

New Open Access Journal announced with no clear business model, but plans to tackle some of the ethical issues in STM publishing.

Do Orphan Works really benefit from digitization?

What can happen to a journal's editorial integrity when the influence of "big pharma" becomes too great

Prolific novelist James Patterson has raised the stakes on what it means to be a modern-day publisher, again, and this time he is doing it for one of his passions - getting children to read.

Having a virtual book club has never been easier thanks to new tools from Facebook, Skype and Google. Today Facebook announced new updates that make it easier to chat with multiple people and to hold one-on-one video calls.

Ethical dilemma -- how far can a publication ethically go to get a hold of its story sources?

A tale of online plagiarism... Is it really worth the fuss?

Jul 4th 2011, 21:43 by E.B. | LONDON TO DESCRIBE the woes of bricks-and-mortar bookstores is to join the dirge-singing chorus. Everyone knows the tune: sales at bookstores have fallen because buyers are ordering books online or downloading them to e-readers. Bookstores may be great places to browse and linger, but online is where the deals are.

Learning Management Systems (LMS) are an opportunity for textbook publishers, but they can also be a threat.

Intersection of privacy law and copyright law (esp. fair use and library/archival uses) -- is it ethical to reproduce signed cease-and-desist letters?

Academic publisher's code of ethics

Amazon announced Monday that it will acquire The Book Depository, a UK-based online bookseller that offers more than 6 million titles and shipping to more than 100 countries. The Book Depository claims on its site that it is the fastest-growing bookseller in Europe and the UK's largest dedicated online bookseller, with more than a million customers.

The international print editions of The Guardian and The Observer are among the earliest casualties of the Guardian News & Media's (GNM) evolving "digital first" strategy. International copies, printed in New York, Frankfurt, Madrid, Malta and Cyprus, will cease printing October 1, GNM announced Friday.

Cathedral Rock Publishing's new "Book IS the Store" application is gaining traction with book publishers and authors looking to continue communicating with existing readers and make them aware of compatible products and services. The company is currently in talks with a well known rock and roll musician who is looking to reintroduce his substantial catalog to a new MultiMedia eBook generation.

American Association of Advancement for Science wants to call out politicians and NGOs that intimidate climate scientists from publishing their research in journals or giving it to the public.

New bill is in the Senate that would make illegal streaming of audiovisual works over the Internet a felony offense in some cases potentially hurting YouTube. More broadly, Bill S.978 could also hurt anyone who embeds these videos, leading to 5 years of jail time.

Internet piracy versus rightsholders square off again in proposing a new addition to DMCA - the Protect IP act (PIPA), blacklisting "rogue sites" and holding Internet Service Providers responsible to block access to these sites. O'Reilly has stepped up in favor of Silicon Valley.