Sales tax fairness legislation passed in Senate
Over the past few years, bookstores nationwide have protested the price advantage conferred on Amazon by not having to collect sales tax. Currently, because of a 1992 Supreme Court ruling, states… Read more »
Losing DRM hasn’t hurt Tor’s profits
When they announced last year that they would go DRM-free, Pan Macmillian’s science fiction imprint Tor/Forge took a stand against a feature of most ebooks that customers hate but that… Read more »
When is a blog not journalism?
The right to anonymously publish political commentary without government oversight is one of American journalism’s most sacred tenets, but now that blogs abound, the lines are being blurred. Dennis Bailey’s Cutler… Read more »
Who should get the data from your book purchase?
According to Cory Doctorow, publishers shouldn’t just be fighting with Amazon over DRM and ebook pricing, but also over data. Specifically, the myriad of information that online booksellers collect about… Read more »
UK updates libel laws, but not soon enough for Amanda Knox
After decades of being known world-wide as the friendliest jurisdiction to sue someone for libel in, England is set to change its laws. Earlier this year, the path to libel… Read more »
Churnalism: helping you read journalism and not press releases
The media dark art of “churnalism,” copying press releases straight into articles, is a much-maligned problem, but one that has been hard to catch until now. The term “churnalism” was… Read more »
Penguin changes ebook pricing in response to EU probe
Under legal pressure in Europe and in an attempt to clean up after the Random House merger, Penguin has offered to change its pricing strategy and abandon the agency model.… Read more »
The “Best of Young British Novelists” are coming
Every ten years, Granta magazine names the chosen few who they consider to be the best of young British novelists. A highly publicized event, the successful writers often go on to… Read more »
The banned books of 2012: toilets and bondage
What does it take to get a book banned in America? Underpants. Bondage comes a measly fourth. On Monday, the American Library Association published its annual study on the state of… Read more »
Ebooks account for 22.55% of publishing revenue in 2012
A new survey from the Association of American Publishers (AAP) published last week revealed that ebook sales continued to rise in 2012. Ebook sales now account for 22.55% of publishing… Read more »