In a Publishing Perspectives exclusive, Bodour Al Qasimi reacts to the International Publishers Association’s recent membership controversy and looks at the Arab world’s industry in globalization. Read More
IDPF at BEA: Tension Around the Proposed W3C Merger
Going…going… At what may well have been the last International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) conference, a proposed merger of IDPF and the World Wide Web Consortium cast a chill in Chicago. Read More
At Chicago’s BEA-Lite: A Meaningful Discussion on Publishers and Authors
On the show floor, the crowds and booths are down. In one unusually frank exchange, however, this BEA finds traction on issues of publishers and writers. Read More
A New Global Ebook Report on a Mercurial World Market
BEA’s’ Director of International Affairs Rüdiger Wishenbart’s new Global Ebook Report cites continental Europe’s ebooks “stalling even earlier” than in the US and UK. Read More
Canada's Wattpad Studios: Aron Levitz
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