Apple made several announcements yesterday which can drive the textbook’s digital transformation — or, in Steve Jobs’ more colourful phrase, its “digital destruction”. My pick is that this will be… Read more >
Martin Taylor
January 21, 2012
Apple, copyright, ebook formats, Educational publishing, iOS, iPadApple, digital textbooks, educational publishing, iBooks 2.0, iBooks Author, iTunes U, iTunes U app, iTunes U Course manager
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Australian bookselling icon Dymocks last week launched a self-publishing service called D Publishing. While the service looks fine, its publishing contract is dreadful. Even if you’re not in Australia, you… Read more >
Martin Taylor
December 16, 2011
analysis, business, copyright, newsAustralian publishing, digital rights, Dymocks, publishing contracts, publishing rights, self-publishing
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The post below was written for the June 2011 issue of the Australian Booksellers Association magazine News on Bookselling. It was written shortly after the rejection by Judge Chin of… Read more >
Martin Taylor
May 31, 2011
business, copyright, Google, Google eBooks, Google Editionscopyright, digital copyright, fair dealing, fair use, Google Books settlement, orphan works
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A plan to create a vast digital library by scanning millions of books without explicit copyright permission has been thrown out in a long-awaited ruling issued today by New York… Read more >
Martin Taylor
March 23, 2011
analysis, copyright, Google, librariescopyright, google book settlement, Google Books settlement, google ebook settlement
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The following article was published in the latest Australian Booksellers Association magazine. I wrote it a couple of months ago and some of the UK moves have been affected by… Read more >
Martin Taylor
July 6, 2010
analysis, bookselling, business, copyright, ebook lending, librariesebook lending, ebook libraries, ebooks in libraries, libraries
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I’ve posted below the full notice that was just sent out to rightsholders who had registered under the original settlement agreement. This is the official court summary of the key… Read more >
Martin Taylor
December 15, 2009
copyright, GoogleGoogle Books settlement
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Google and a group of partners filed revised settlement terms in a US federal court on Friday. The revised terms are notable for the exclusion of works from many countries… Read more >
Martin Taylor
November 15, 2009
copyright, GoogleGoogle Books settlement
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Following yesterday’s announcement by Amazon that the Kindle is going global from next week, there’s been a flurry of activity trying to sort out the details and implications of the… Read more >
Martin Taylor
October 9, 2009
bookselling, copyright, ebook readers, news
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Amazon’s Kindle is going global. From October 19, customers in 100 countries will be able to buy a Kindle, buy ebooks from the Kindle’s 200,000+ English language titles, and do… Read more >
Martin Taylor
October 8, 2009
analysis, bookselling, copyright, ebook readers, iphone, news
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The US Register of Copyright has come out swinging against the proposed Google Book settlement, describing it as “fundamentally at odds with the law.” “By permitting Google to engage in… Read more >
Martin Taylor
September 11, 2009
analysis, copyright
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