Dealing in what he calls the ‘atomic unit’ — story — Wattpad Studios’ Levitz is ready to ‘give Hollywood the best focus group it never had.’ Read More
Harvard Book Store Partners with Canada’s Shelfie on Bundling Ebooks
Vancouver’s Shelfie program adds Harvard Book Store to the list of cooperative books points in which ebooks are being bundled with print editions. Read More
International Identifiers: A Few Words About ISNI With Laura Dawson
No disambiguation needed, Laura Dawson is one of the best-known identifier and metadata specialists in US publishing. And she has opened a new international ISNI agency. Read More
US-Based Copyright Clearance Center Buys the UK's Ixxus
Content management meets rights management in a newly announced acquisition by Copyright Clearance Center of London’s Ixxus, another merger in the changing world of digital publishing. Read More
#IDPFDigiCon Preview: Why Are Subscriptions Outside the US Succeeding?
An interesting phenomenon in ebook subscriptions: some outside the US market seem to fare better than their American counterparts. Read More
#IDPFDigiCon Preview: A Few Words With Michael Healy
Content today is ‘born digital, transmitted digitally, used digitally, consumed digitally,’ and a leading player in the field plans his address at IDPF’s conference at BEA to highlight some of the hotspots in a world teeming with copyright issues. Read More
When Copyright Protections Are Weakened: Canada’s Warning for Australia
As Australia reviews the country’s IP arrangements, Copyright Clearance Center’s Roy Kaufman says Canberra needs to heed Ottawa’s warning. Porter Anderson at Publishing Perspectives. Read More
'Tales of Two Markets': Publishing Industry Issues and Observations
The architecture of the publishing industry today is changing amid “abundant” content and digital developments. Philip Jones and Andrew Albanese discussed the trends in a session led by Porter Anderson, Publishing Perspectives. Read More
At #PF16: The UAE's Bodour: 'Ahead of the Curve'
The publisher Bodour Al Qasimi arrives at Berlin’s Publishers’ Forum as one of the most influential and committed players on the industry’s world stage. Porter Anderson at Publishing Perspectives. Read More
At #PF16: Cengage's Michael Hansen – He'd Like To Teach the World
‘More platform-based, less book-based’ is where Cengage Learning finds its future. And this CEO speaks on April 28 to Berlin’s Publishers’ Forum. Porter Anderson at Publishing Perspectives. Read More