The 2022 PROSE Awards from the Association of American Publishers this year have 106 finalists and 39 subject category winners.
Cautious Optimism: The UK’s Copyright Exhaustion Decision — for Now
The UK’s Intellectual Property Office ‘pauses plans to rewrite UK copyright laws’, as The Guardian’s Alison Flood puts it.
International Day of Education: Springer Nature Opens 17th SDG-Related Portal
The SDG publishing program from Springer Nature today releases its 17th and final Sustainable Development Goal-specific portal, on education.
Digital Services Act: European Publishers Urge Tougher Content Protection
The Federation of European Publishers calls on MEPs to put ‘real teeth’ into its Digital Services Act legislation to help with book piracy.
London Book Fair’s Andy Ventris: Publishing Pros’ ‘Passion and Commitment’
London Book Fair director Andy Ventris says, he’s learned the personal investment so many publishing professionals bring to their work.
Festival du Livre de Paris at the Grand Palais Ephémère
After being shuttered for two years, Paris’ re-branded book fair, now the Festival du Livre de Paris, is to return on the Champ-de-Mars in the French capital.
Gallup: Americans Surveyed Say They’re Reading Fewer Books
The opportunity to consider strong sales performance vs. actual reading habits is offered by recent Gallup findings in the States.
Italy’s 39th ‘Mauri School’ on January 28: ‘The New Future’
‘Il Nuovo Futoro’–the New Future–is the title of this year’s Umberto and Elisabetta Mauri program in bookselling and publishing.
International Rights Roundup: ‘Wordless Comics’ and Cat Pictures
Today’s Rights Roundup features writings from France, South Africa, Greece, Finland, and the United Kingdom.
Equality, Diversity, Inclusion: UK and Irish University Presses Vow to ‘EvenUP’
Seventeen university presses have committed to a new framework to address ‘who we work with and what we publish.’