Thousands oppose NYPL budget cuts; Penguin settles for $75 million in eBook pricing suit; Ebook sales in Canada plateau at 15%; EBSCO Publishing and EBSCO Information Services merge; CLOCKSS adds seven new publishers; and a Online Customer Experience Handbook available to publishers.
According to
GalleyCat “thousands of library patrons around New York City have mailed letters trying to avoid $47 million in budget cuts at New York Public Library.”
Te post also alerts library supporters that they can “follow this link to send a letter supporting the library system. You can also see how many other library patrons in your neighborhood have sent letters. You can also donate to the library during this tough time…”
GalleyCat also notes reports that “Penguin will pay $75 million in damages and “costs and fees to resolve all antitrust claims relating to eBook pricing”–settling with 33 state attorneys general and consumers in a suit led by Hage
ns Berman Sobol Shapiro.
The suit revolved around allegations of price fixing with the agency model for eBook pricing…”
DigitalBookWorld compiles some “highlights from the latest The Canadian Book Consumer 2012: Annual Report:
- Ebooks comprised 15% of all book purchases in Canada.
- Ebook sales peaked in the first quarter of 2012 at 17.6% of purchases and steadily declined each subsequent quarter.
- Kobo is winning the e-reading device market share battle in Canada with 25.2%. iPad is at 14.0% and Kindle at 18.4%…
They also cite the full press release noting that “The Canadian market for ebooks remains steady, according to a new report from BookNet Canada. Findings in The Canadian Book Consumer 2012: Annual Report show that paperback books (including mass markets) comprised 58% of all purchases in 2012. Hardcover made up 24% and ebooks 15%…”
“EBSCO Industries, Inc. announces the EBSCO Information Services (EIS) and EBSCO Publishing (EP) businesses will merge on July 1, 2013 and will operate as a single business under the name EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO). Tim Collins, a 26-year EBSCO veteran and previously President of EBSCO Publishing, will serve as President of the combined entity…”
The CLOCKSS Archive is pleased to announce the participation of ACSESS, Inc.; the Canadian Young Scientist Journal; Leibniz Institute for Psychology Information; Southeastern Surgical Congress; UniBio Press; Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society and Zoo Outreach Organization.
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