More than half-a-million accessible texts from the United States have immediately become available to visually impaired people in the 78 nations adherent to the Marrakesh Treaty.
‘Cyberwar’ Wins AAP’s Hawkins Award: Jamieson Sounds Alarm for Publishers
Kathleen Hall Jamieson’s new book ‘Cyberwar’ warns that the digital infrastructure knowledge organizations rely on could be at risk from cyber attacks.
AAP’s 2019 Professional and Scholarly Conference: ‘Mission Critical’
At the Association of American Publishers’ PSP conference on scholarly and professional publishing, speakers will address data security, licensing, AI, and leadership.
AAP Announces 2019 PROSE Award Category Winners, Board Officers
The 48 subject category winners of the 2019 PROSE Award cycle from the Association of American Publishers will yield four top category titles and an overall winner.
American Market StatShot Report: Double-Digit Trade Growth in November
Hardback books benefitted the most from the uptick in trade book revenue, with 28.5-percent growth compared to November 2017.
New, Larger Authors Guild Survey: Falling Incomes for US Writers
The new Authors Guild survey, larger than in the past and with input from other writing organizations, brings into question how authors are compensated and how the issue is assessed.
Publishers Applaud Appeals Court Opinion in ‘Capitol Records v. ReDigi’ Copyright Case
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals rules that resale of digital content as conceived by the startup ReDigi is a copyright infringement.
AAP StatShot Monthly Report for October: A Rare Rise for Ebooks
For a second time in two years, the Association of American Publishers cites a rise in ebook revenues, as downloaded audio charges ahead as the main gainer.
American Publishers Join Chorus of Criticism of Europe’s Plan S
The Association of American Publishers enumerates complaints about the European Research Council’s much derided open access plan.
Freedom To Publish: Interview with Iranian Publisher Azadeh Parsapour
Azadeh Parsapour, the Iranian publisher and champion of work censored by Tehran, talks about the dangers her company and its authors must navigate to bring suppressed writings to a Persian-language audience.