A year ago, as the e-book industry was just starting to emerge, the biggest obstacle to its success seemed to be copyright law. Specifically, why would authors and book publishers--that is, copyright ...

Whenever bestselling author Robin Cook releases a new medical thriller, the head of the public library in West Haven knows demand for digital copies will be high. So will the price.Like many libraries ...

HARTFORD, Conn. >> Whenever bestselling author Robin Cook releases a new medical thriller, the head of the public library in West Haven, Connecticut knows demand for digital copies will be high. So ...

The company must now pay $450 million as part of a settlement, but it maintains it did nothing wrong. CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a technology columnist who has covered everything from HDTVs to ...

New Jersey librarians and lawmakers who joined forces to fight book-banners a few years ago have a new target: publishers whose restrictive e-book licensing agreements have shrunk digital access for ...

From the year after PW’s 125th anniversary issue, 1998—the year when the first handheld e-readers came out, the first library lending of e-books was launched, and e-books first got ISBNs—to today’s ...

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this report included an author among those who signed onto the letter who pulled their name before the list was publicly released. Hundreds of authors signed a letter ...

Thanks to new, easier to use platforms and software, digital publishing is even more widely available than ever. While some relatively new companies are providing full-complement publishing ...

SPRINGFIELD — Public libraries offer readers the chance to enter into worlds of horror through classics such as Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” or Bram Stoker’s “Dracula.” But Illinois librarians say a ...

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