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A periodic alerting service leading you to information relevant to the professional and scholarly publishing industry
No. 59, March 31, 2011
Table of Contents
1. What’s New on the PSP and AAP Web Sites?
2. PSP Education and Training Programs
3. Other Programs of Interest
4. New Job Postings
5. Suggested Reading
6. The 2010 PROSE Awards: Videos of PROSE Luncheon Now Online!
1. What’s New on the PSP & AAP Web Sites?
On the AAP & PSP Web Sites
Check Out AAP’s New Web Site . . .
http://www.publishers.org/
. . . and the new PSP site
http://www.publishers.org/psp/
Publishers Remain Committed to Expanding Online Access to Books and Upholding Copyright Despite Court Decision
http://www.publishers.org/press/29/
2. PSP Education and Training Programs
Programs
PSP and STM co-present
The Finer Points of Messaging: An Executive Workshop for Publishers
Tuesday, April 26th
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Washington
A highly interactive workshop to hone skills on delivering clear, concise compelling messages about the publishing industry and its value to the communities it serves. In addition to tailoring messages to researchers and librarians, this session will include a focused section on working with U.S. policy makers, legislative staffers and government officials. Based on core STM industry messages that should be applicable to any publisher, this session will include:
- Messaging, best practice, role-play and peer discussion
- On-site videoed interviews and critique
http://www.stm-assoc.org/event.php?event_id=72
PSP and CCC co-present
Fundamentals of Copyright for Today’s Dynamic Publishing Environment
Thursday, May 5th
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Wolters Kluwer Offices
Philadelphia
This session provides an overview of fundamental copyright concepts, with a focus on concerns primary to the publishing industry in today’s dynamic, digital environment. This session is intended to provide participants with an understanding of basic copyright principles and enable them to begin to apply that learning to their daily activities.
More Information
Online Registration Form
Professional, Scholarly & Academic Books:
The Basic Boot Camp
Friday, May 20th
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
AAP/NY Offices
New York
If you have less than three years' experience with professional, scholarly and academic book publishing this course will provide an overview of the industry. Or if you have spent most of your career working in one aspect of PSP publishing and want to learn about other PSP job functions, you should attend.
More Information and Registration Form
Online Registration Form
All details are posted on the PSP website www.pspcentral.org. For more information contact: spinto@publishers.org.
3. Other Programs of Interest
Information Access and Usage Behavior in Today's Academic Environment
(NFAIS)
April 15th
Philadelphia (onsite & virtual)
http://www.nfais.org/page/325-information-access-and-usage-in-today-s-academic-environment
So, You Want to Get Out of Print: Strategies and Perspectives from Publishers and Librarians
(SSP Webinar)
April 19th
1:00 – 2:30 PM (Eastern time)
http://www.resourcenter.net/Scripts/4Disapi2.dll/4DCGI/events/307.html?Action=Conference_Detail&ConfID_W=307
Portable Devices and Mobile Users: A New Era for Information Delivery and Access
(NFAIS Webinar)
May 3rd
1:00 PM (Eastern time)
http://www.nfais.org/page/309-portable-devices-and-mobile-users
BISG’s Making Information Pay 2011
May 5th
New York
http://www.bisg.org/mip/registration/
Fiesole Collection Development Retreat
May 11th – 13th
St. Petersburg, Russia
http://digital.casalini.it/retreat/retreat_2011.html
21st Intensive Course in Journal Publishing – Europe
May 15th - 17th
Windsor, UK
http://www.stm-assoc.org/event.php?event_id=64
The Yale Publishing Course
Magazine and Online Publishing
July 10th – 15th
Print and Digital Book (eBook) Publishing
July 24th – 29th
New Haven, CT
http://publishing-course.yale.edu/
4. New Job Postings
- McGraw-Hill Professional has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Marketing Director in New York City. The Senior Marketing Director will set strategic direction for our key print and digital product lines including business, technical, computing, and education with a strong focus on leveraging digital marketing initiatives and analysis to understand and drive consumer demand for products in these lines. Experience in connecting with digital communities and working with digital platforms and/or eBooks is preferred. A critical component of this leadership role is coaching, mentoring and developing the marketing teams to produce creative, effective results; grow in their roles; and develop a strong presence for marketing in the US business through collaboration with different functions, especially editorial and sales. Marketing creativity, a global perspective, leadership experience and ability to master complex product and market knowledge quickly are critical. Understanding our channels to market is a plus as is global experience in English-language markets and comfort with marketing metrics.
- McGraw-Hill Professional currently has an exciting opportunity for an Online Staff Editor, Science, in ourNew York, NY offices. TheOnline Staff Editor, Science will be responsible for the development of dedicated digital content in the Science program of McGraw-Hill Professional. Theposition is also responsible for coordinating the expansion and enhancement of the Science digital publishing platform.
5. Suggested Reading
(Please note: some links may require passwords)
Web Sites of Interest
Books at JSTOR Grows, Adding Prominent Academic Publishers
http://about.jstor.org/news-events/announcement-archive/books-jstor-grows
Articles of Interest
Copyright & Intellectual Property
Website blocking will not solvecopyrightconcerns
The Guardian – 3/29/11
Heavy-handed enforcement of copyright is not the answer when your real goal is to persuade people to pay for online services.
Judge Sets Trial Date in Georgia State University E-Reserves Lawsuit
PW – 3/29/11
A federal judge in Georgia has paved the way for publishers to go to trial in a contentious copyright case involving e-reserve practices at Georgia State University. On March 17, Judge Orinda Evans denied a GSU motion to dismiss the final count in the suit, setting May 16th as a trial date.
NY court: Keep Internet copyright disputes at home
BusinessWeek – 3/24/11
New York's top court ruled Thursday that publishers should file Internet copyright infringement lawsuits in courts where their businesses are located, even if alleged copyright violations occurred elsewhere.
Baidu to introduce anti-piracy technology for books product
Reuters – 3/24/11
Baidu, which has about 70 percent of China's search market by revenue, was criticised by authors who demanded that the firm remove numerouscopyright-infringing books and documents found on its Baidu Library product. Baidu said the technologytook more than four months of research and would enter a testing phase in April before a full release on May 1st.
The truth aboutcopyrightpirates and profits
Vancouver Sun – 3/22/11
A new global study on piracy, backed by Canada’s International Development Research Centre, following several years of independent investigation in six emerging economies, concludes that piracy is chiefly a product of a market failure, not a legal one.
Library of Congress Sets Goals in Digital Preservation Report, Including Push for Copyright Change
Library Journal – 3/16/11
The Library of Congress (LC), in a new report [PDF] on its National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) released last week, laid out several plans for the future, including increased advocacy for changes in copyright law.
eBooks
EBSCO Previews Remodeled Platform Integrating NetLibrary Ebooks
Library Journal – 3/23/11
A year after itsacquisitionofNetLibrary,EBSCO Publishingthis week began previewing a unified platform that integrates NetLibrary's ebook collection with the company's large collection of databases.
Innovation & Longevity in Digital Publishing: Surfing the S-Curve
The Scholarly Kitchen – 3/22/11
Innovation requires planning for adoption. Publishers can win in the long-haul by following maps others have drawn.
Japanese invention recreates the page flipping sensation for eBooks
TheNextWeb – 3/23/11
Miss flipping through the pages of an actual book? There’s a Japanese invention for that. Osaka University demonstratedParanga, a device that recreates the sensation of turning pages when using an eBook reader.
January E-book Sales Soar, Top Hardcover, Mass Market Paperback
PW – 3/17/11
The surge of e-book buying expected to take place in January following a round of holiday e-reader gift-giving did in fact materialize.
New iBooks update opens door to fully illustrated publishing
FutureBook – 3/15/11
Apple's latest version of its iBooks app, which allows e-books to have a pictorial layout similar to printed books and supports full page illustrations, has been hailed by one publisher as being "the beginning of a phenomenally exciting phase in picture book publishing."
Google
Online Treasure Trove
Harvard Crimson – 3/29/11
Judge Denny Chin ruled against Google's 2008 settlement with the Author's Guild andAssociation of American Publishersas a “de facto” violation of anti-trust law. Harvard professors — generally opposed to a quasi-joint venture with the internet’s corporate behemoth — have advocated a project of their own, setting up an online library known as the Digital Public Library of America in conjunction with other universities.
Google Who?
Inside Higher Ed – 3/28/11
Despite legal roadblock in Google Books project, libraries might soon benefit from other digital search-and-retrieval services.
Online books and copyright law
Washington Post – 3/28/11
GOOGLE BOOKS is a dream project — a vast online database of millions of books from libraries and publishers worldwide. It would be a library and a bookstore, a compendium of everything written.
Six Reasons Google Books Failed
The New York Review of Books (blog) – 3/28/11
Robert Darnton speculates on how Judge Denny Chin’s opinion in rejecting the settlement between Google and the authors and publishers who sued it for infringement of their copyrights can be read as both as a map of wrong turns taken in the past and as an invitation to design a better route into the digital future.
The Google Settlement Rejection: What Comes Next?
Publishers Weekly – 3/28/11
PW takes a quick look at what the settlement's rejection means for the parties and other stakeholders.
Just for once, Google has been given a bloody nose
The Guardian – 3/27/11
The court ruling on the company's digitisation plans is welcome, but there's a common-sense compromise.
Judge throws out Google book deal
Financial Times – 3/24/11
John Sargent, chief executive of Macmillan, said on behalf of the publishers that they were prepared to scale back the settlement to meet the judge’s main objection, raising the prospect of a resolution that would stop far short of the original plans.
Google Books Deal Not Dead, Only Resting, Authors' Lawyer Says
Wired News (blog) – 3/24/11
That was a fairly straightforwardcopyright-infringement lawsuit by the authors and publishers against Google for scanning millions of books without permission, and then making snippets available online. The problem is that the settlement reads like a forward-looking business contract between Google and all authors.
Judge slaps down Google’s digital library settlement
Reuters – 3/23/11
Speaking for the publishers, John Sargent, chief executive of Macmillan publishing group, said he hoped the deal could be renegotiated. "The publisher plaintiffs are prepared to enter into a narrower settlement along those lines to take advantage of its groundbreaking opportunities. We hope the other parties will do so as well," said Sargent in an email statement.
Google’s $125 Million Digital-Library Settlement Rejected by U.S. Judge
Bloomberg – 3/23/11
A US judge rejectedGoogle Inc.’s $125 million settlement with publishers and authors, saying the deal to create the world’s biggest digital book library would be unfair to authors.
Judge Rejects Google Books Settlement
Wall Street Journal – 3/23/11
Publishers held out hope that a settlement can still be achieved. "Publishers are prepared to modify the settlement agreement to gain approval," said John Sargent, chief executive of Macmillan, a unit of Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH, in a statement issued by the Association of American Publishers on behalf of the publisher plaintiffs.
US judge writes unhappy ending for Google's online library plans
The Guardian – 3/23/11
"Publishers are prepared to modify the settlement agreement to gain approval," said John Sargent, chief executive of Macmillan, in a statement issued by the Association of American Publishers. He said they would work to overcome the objections raised by the court.
Google’s Next Stop May Be in Congress
New York Times – 3/23/11
Google may seek help from Congress as it tries to salvage a book publishing settlement that was rejected by a federal judge.
A Digital Library Better Than Google's
New York Times – 3/23/11
Robert Darnton comments: We should not abandon Google’s dream of making all the books in the world available to everyone. Instead, we should build a digital public library, which would provide these digital copies free of charge to readers.
Judge Rejects Google’s Deal to Digitize Books
New York Times – 3/23/11
John Sargent, the chief executive of Macmillan, spoke on behalf of the publishers, which included Penguin Group USA,McGraw-Hill, Pearson Education, Simon & Schuster and John Wiley & Sons.
US judge rejects Google’s settlement with publishers
Boston Globe (AP) – 3/23/11
A judge rejected a deal yesterday betweenGoogleand the book industry that would have put millions of volumes online, citing antitrust concerns and the need for Congress’s involvement while acknowledging the potential benefit of putting literature in front of the masses.
Google Books Settlement Rejected
GalleyCat – 3/23/11
Macmillan CEO John Sargent had this statement on behalf of the publishers involved in the settlement: “[The decision] provides clear guidance to all parties as to what modifications are necessary for its approval. The publisher plaintiffs are prepared to enter into a narrower Settlement along those lines to take advantage of its groundbreaking opportunities. We hope the other parties will do so as well.”
Google Hits Another Speedbump on Way to Digitizing World
IEEE Spectrum – 3/23/11
In late 2004, Googleannouncedplans to digitize a number of the world's major library collections and make themavailable on-line. Almost immediately, there were questions raisedabout whether this effort wouldviolate copyright lawas well asstretch beyond recognitiontheprinciple of fair use.
Judge Rejects Google Book Deal Over Monopoly Concerns
PC World – 3/23/11
In 2008, Google settled with the Authors Guild and Association of American Publishers, agreeing to pay $125 million upfront and make it possible for authors and publishers to get paid any time their books are viewed online, all in trade for the right to publish millions of books online. The settlement's been knocking around the legal system since, finally landing in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday.
Judge's rejection of Google books settlement no heart-break for Kiwi publishers
National Business Review – 3/23/11
The settlement was between Google, the Authors Guild and theAssociation of American Publishersand can be re-submitted if revised. The judge made a suggestion for revision: copyright owners should be given the right to opt into the settlement.
Judge rejects Google’s deal with authors and publishers to put books online
Washington Post – 3/22/11
In a blow to Google’s bid to put all books online and expand its Internet dominance, a federal judge in New York on Tuesday rejected the search giant’s settlement with authors and publishers, saying the terms “simply go too far” in giving Google an advantage over competitors and copyright holders.
Judge Says No to Google’s Dream of Becoming the Biggest Bookstore in the WorldNew York Magazine – 3/22/11
A federal judge in New York City rejected a settlement today that would have allowed Google to scan millions of books and sell them online. The proposed settlement was the result of a class-action lawsuit brought by the Authors Guild and Association of American Publishers back in 2005 for books that were out of print but still in copyright.
Forget Congress, Make Google Books a World Heritage Site
Forbes (blog) – 3/22/11
US District Judge Denny Chin of New York todayshot down Google’s 2008 proposed legal settlement with the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers over consumer access to many of the 12 million book titles that Google scanned without their owners’ permission.
After Rejection, a Rocky Road For Google Settlement
PW – 3/22/11
In the hours after Judge Denny Chin rejected the proposed Google Book Settlement, publishers and the Authors Guild said they were open to narrowing the scope of the proposed settlement in order to get a revised deal approved, while Google said it “would consider its options.”
With Google Settlement Rejected, Library Groups Keep Eye on Access
Library Journal – 3/24/11
What the vast majority of librarians hoped to see out of this lawsuit was a precedent-setting determination on the fair-use right to index and search copyrighted materials (recalling the scope of the initial complaint against Google). Barring that, most considered an acceptable consolation prize to be easy access to a full-text union archive of the nation's premier research collections, as the settlement would have provided.
Judge Rejects Book-Scanning Deal Between Google and Publishers, Authors
NPR – 3/22/11
A federal judge in New York has rejected a $125 million settlement between Google and lawyers for authors and publishers.
Google books agreement torpedoed by US court
BBC – 3/22/11
The web giant has scanned millions of books and made them available online via its eBooks platform.
Judge Overturns Google Books Settlement
PC Mag – 3/22/11
A New York federal judge hasoverturned a Nov. 2008 agreementbetween Google, as part of its Google Books initiative, and several groups representing authors and publishers.
Google Books Settlement Rejected
Wired – 3/22/11
Saying the deal goes “too far,” a federal judge Tuesday rejected Google’s proposed legal settlement with book publishers, an accord that would have paved a path toward digitizing the world’s books.
Higher Education
E-Textbooks Get a Lift From Publishers
New York Times – 3/23/11
Over the years, publishers have tried a variety of strategies to sell digital textbooks but with limited success. Most students continue to buy print books despite the inconvenience of having to lug them around in their backpacks.
Major Publisher Investment Advances Inkling as the Future of Digital TextbooksReadWriteWeb – 3/23/11
Digital textbooks are at a tipping point, arecent studysuggested, on a trajectory to overtake print textbooks in the coming decade. Even though they are a small part of the market now - just 3% - digital textbooks are on track to surpass 25% by 2015.
Science as Public Service
Inside Higher Ed – 3/21/11
Homeland security requires a future in which a broader range of university researchers work with the government on projects that protect us all, writes Janet Napolitano.
The Next Generation of Discovery
Library Journal – 3/15/11
A casual Google searchmay well be good enough for a daily task, but if you are a college student conducting his or her first search for peer-reviewed content, or an established scholar taking up a new line of inquiry, then the stakes are a lot higher.
Libraries
“Selfless Audacity” Means Creating a Sustainable Not-a-Business Model
Library Journal – 3/24/11
Barbara Fister comments on an opinion piece by Bryn Geffert – librarian of the College at Amherst – in theChronicle of Higher Educationarguing that libraries need to step up and play a role in publishing, introducing his argument around the experience he had when asked to review a scholarly book.
Cornell University Library Takes Stand Against Non-Disclosure Agreements
Library Journal – 3/23/11
Cornell University Library recently announced today that it will no longer sign contracts with publishers that include nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) which typically prohibit a library from sharing information about the price and terms of licensing agreements for material such as journal subscriptions and databases.
Cornell Library Will Make Journal Prices Public
Inside Higher Ed – 3/22/11
In 2009, the Association of Research Librariesurged its membersto stop agreeing to nondisclosure agreements on pricing of journal packages, finding that these pacts were undercutting the ability of universities to negotiate fair deals.
HarperCollinsGate: Some Thoughts
The Scholarly Kitchen – 3/21/11
The HarperCollins e-book lending limitations provide lessons in how both sides typically deal with change.
Libraries, Publishers, and a Plea for Shotgun Weddings
The Chronicle Review (subscription) – 3/20/11
Academic libraries depend on academic publishers. Academic publishing is dying.
Scientific & Scholarly Publishing
Publication ethics: Prevention, screening and treatment
Learned Publishing – 04/11
This editorial by Diane Scott-Lichter discusses ethical issues such as plagiarism, fabrication and falsification and the challenge of balancing ethical concerns with the demands for the timely flow of reliable scholarly information.
Transfer 2010: A Publisher Point of View
Against the Grain – 3/28/11
Publishing is an ever-changing business, and the movement of journals between publishers has long been the norm. As publisher portfolios evolve and change direction, publishers may seek to acquire or divest titles; newly-launched products may seek a new home for the next phase in their development; and journals owned by third parties may move as the owner seeks the best possible publishing environment for their intellectual property.
Chinese Medicine Infiltrates Scientific Publishing
Forbes (blog) – 3/27/11
What is “Chinese Medicine”? The name refers to what is usually called Traditional Chinese Medicine, or TCM, a grab-bag of superstitious practices taken from Chinese history, most of which are ineffective or even harmful.
Should Universities Pay for Peer Review?
The Scholarly Kitchen – 3/16/11
Rather than relying on journal prestige and bibliometric indicators, universities should consider paying experts to conduct institutional peer review, report recommends.
General Interest
B&N Is #1 in Trade Books
PW – 3/21/11
Barnes & Noble, through its combination of physical bookstores and bn.com, remained the largest outlet for the sale of trade books in 2010. That was one of the first findings from Bowker’s annual rollup of its monthly book consumer tracking program, PubTrack Consumer.
Getting a read on the future of publishing
Globe and Mail – 3/17/11
But the level of activity today in Canada and the world strongly suggests that whatever the future brings, it will arrive in the capable hands of formerbook publishers. Herewith, seven trends to watch.
ThePublishersAssociation Reveals Enforced Censorship In Books Due To Libel...
Booktrade.info – 3/15/11
ThePublishersAssociation has today revealed evidence of the impact of the UK's current libel laws onbook publishers, following the publication of the draft Defamation Bill.
6. The 2010 PROSE Awards
Videos of the PROSE Luncheon Now Online!
R.R. Hawkins: Past…Present…Future, the short film that premiered at the 2010 PROSE Awards Luncheon on Thursday, February 3, 2011 in Washington, DC, is now available on the PROSE website and on YouTube. In addition to the Hawkins film, a video presentation on the 2010 entries and videos of the entire luncheon ceremony, including the speech by the 2010 R.R. Hawkins Award winner, are also available online.
http://www.proseawards.com/videos-2010-awards.html
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PSP Contributing Staff:
Sara Pinto, Director
Kate Kolendo, Project Manager
John Tagler, Executive Director