Reed Elsevier, under new name, continues to bank big bucks
Everyone's favorite knowledge-hoarder, Reed Elsevier, has apparently had a very good 2015, based on its latest financial results. Trading since February 2015 under the new monicker REXL Group, Reed Elsevier reported...
Is Chris Ruen’s utter bollocks argument utter bollocks?
Chris Ruen has a book to promote. That promotion is best done through rabble-rousing headlines and inflammatory articles. And since that book is Freeloading: How our insatiable appetite for free content...
Living on the Long Tail: Intellectual property and the e-publisher's world
Moderator's note: Photo is of Maxwell Perkins, who, as an editor for Charles Scribner's Sons, added value to the works of such immortals as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway and Thomas...
The wisdom of backing up your e-books: A harsh lesson for Alex
"Guys, while you are phasing out your beloved hardcover books and converting them into electronic copies (either by repurchasing or OCRing them)---make sure to backup!!!! I cannot say this loud enough...
Judge Chin rejects Google Book Settlement
In a 48 page opinion judge Chin has rejected the settlement. Here is the summary from page 1 of the actual opinion:
Before the Court is plaintiffs' motion pursuant ,toRule 23 of...
Latest e-reader numbers show how skewed AAP ebook figures are
The latest eMarketer data on U.S. e-reader usage - already covered by Chris Meadows - provides some interesting perspective on those much-vaunted Association of American Publishers (AAP) figures showing a static...
Are copyrights and patents ‘too important to be left to lawyers’?
"Copyright and patents are too important to be left to the lawyers." - News release from the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce. The society wants governments...
James Grimmelmann: HathiTrust single-handedly sinks orphan works reform
In a series of blog posts yesterday whose tone can only be described as “gleeful,” the Authors Guild has been showing that specific books aren’t orphans. So far, ...
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A sad tale of Amazon monetization: eReaderIQ and the affiliate program
Courtesy of the Kboards, a worrying item about struggling e-book sites and their ability to monetize engagement with Amazon - or not - has...
