College textbook publisher Flat World announced today that use of it’s openly-licensed college textbooks will double for the Fall 2010 academic year, and publishers are sure to be paying attention. Flat World’s textbooks are published under an open Creative Commons license, as opposed to the industry-standard “all rights reserved” copyright. Faculty can pick and...
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Flat World ‘Breaks the Rules’
Challenges for Writers, Publishing Houses and Media Outlets in China
A lawsuit covered this week by People’s Daily highlights challenges in e-book licensing and digital copyrights in the Chinese market. The outcome of the case could have ramifications on e-book markets around the world; DisplaySearch, a US market analysis firm, recently estimates that China will have 3 million e-readers this year, about 20 percent...
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Sourcebooks Tests Innovative Rights — Again
Sourcebooks Experimenting with DRM-Free e-Books By Claire Kirch Sourcebooks has begun collaborating with Smashwords–a one-year-old company that produces and sells DRM-free versions of e-books–to make 14 mass market romance novels released under the company’s Casablanca imprint available for sale though Smashwords. The e-books will be priced at $6.99 and will be available in nine...
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Google Book Settlement; Why the BRR Is Needed
Soapbox: The Rights Thing Why the Book Rights Registry is necessary by David Marlin — Publishers Weekly, 6/22/2009 I spend my days steeped in rights, royalties and the contracts that govern them, and this much is clear: publishers must plan new approaches to rights or risk future viability. Regardless of how the courts or...
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