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Would Someone Take Advantage of America’s Most Beloved Author?

Harper Lee

Author Harper Lee, now 87-years-old, is suing the son-in-law of her former literary agent after he allegedly duped her into signing over rights to her classic To Kill a Mockingbird.

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On Establishing a Global Platform for Book Content Rights

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UK company IPR License has built a new platform that promises exploit dormant content via an easy-to-use system for rights holders and buyers to trade globally.

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Japanese-style Print-to-E-book Scanning Catching on in the US

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Already popular in Japan, affordable services that scan your print books and turn them into e-books have come to the US, with 1dollarscan.com leading the way.

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Have the Ethics of Book Scanning Changed?

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Not too long ago the idea of scanning print books without permission sent publishers into fits. Now, that individuals are doing it, have the ethics changed?

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101st German Librarians’ Day: “Gateway to the World of Knowledge”

Juergen Boos, Director of the Frankfurt Book Fair, with and Kirsten Marschall, Chairwoman of the board of Berufsverband Information Bibliothek (Professional Association for Information and Libraries)

At this year’s Librarians’ Day in Germany, discussion ranged from librarian training to Open Access to ensuring the future libraries as social gathering places.

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Pricey James Joyce Kids Story “Cats” Sparks Copyright Fight

James Joyce Cats Kids Story

The recent publication of a previously unpublished James Joyce children’s story by Dublin’s Ithys Press sparks an ugly feud over copyright and public domain.

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The Tools They Are a Changin’: The Ins and Outs of TOC NYC

Bill Patry (via xpectro)

The publishing buzz at last week’s TOC Conference – In: Big Data, Content Discovery Optimization, Diversity; Out: Social Reading, Hate as a Business Strategy

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Unglue.it Crowdfunds Unlimited Licenses for Beloved E-books

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Eric Hellman’s Unglue.it, now in alpha, asks an author or publisher to accept a fixed sum of money from the public for the unlimited use of an e-book.

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Amazon Looks to Launch in India Next Year

Sources told the Times of India that Amazon.com is considering launching on its own in India sometime next year.

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Will Users Pay for Previously “Free” Content?

One of the key issues is whether the cost of licensing content is ultimately too expensive for individuals who want to publish digitally.

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