Mitch Albom will return to fiction with the August 28 release of THE TIME KEEPER, which Hyperion described in release as a "magical new novel" that "re-invents the legend of Father Time, and casts him not as an old, withered man, but as a gifted young boy who becomes the…
Judge Cote Rejects Motions to Dismiss Agency Class Action Suit; Shows Sympathy for the Plaintiffs
US District Judge Denise Cote formally denied motions by the five agency publishers and Apple to dismiss the class action suit on behalf of ebook consumers over the alleged conspiracy to raise ebook prices via the agency model. The ruling was not unexpected, given the relatively low standards of "stat[ing]…
Responses to the Georgia State University Fair Use Ruling
A number of plaintiffs and interested parties have responded Monday to last week's ruling in the Georgia State University e-reserves lawsuit that found 5 instances of infringement but otherwise dismissed more than 64 instances, and AAP president Tom Allen and the organization's lead attorney in the case Bruce Rich convened…
Legal Briefs: 17 More States Join Amended eBook Pricing Complaint; 'Godfather' Sequel Proceeds in Escrow; and More
Late last week 16 more states, as well as the District of Columbia, joined the amended ebook pricing complaint against Apple and the 'Agency Five' publishers, bringing the number of states involved in the lawsuit to 32. Texas and Connecticut initially filed the complaint at the same time as the…
Judge Finds 5 Cases of Infringement In Georgia State Fair Use Case, But Dismisses All Other Counts
Judge Orinda Evans of the Northern District of Georgia published her 350-page ruling late Friday on the closely-watched copyright infringement case originally brought in 2008 against Georgia State University by Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, and SAGE Publications. (Actual costs were shared by the Copyright Clearance Center and the…
People: The Shack Author's "Cross Roads" Set for November
Kimberly Snead his been hired for the new position of director, brand strategy at the Crown Publishing Group, reporting to vp, business development Ranjana Wingender. Snead was director, consumer marketing at Nickelodeon/MTV Networks. She will be "responsible for conceiving, creating, and executing brand development plans for a variety of authors"…
Houghton Plans Pre-Packaged Bankruptcy and Restructuring to Eliminate Over $3 Billion In Debt
After months of reports that Houghton Mifflin Harcourt was preparing a second major restructuring of its debt load (and multiple warnings from rating services), the company announced Friday morning they have a "high level of support" from their lenders and bondholders for a pre-packaged bankruptcy and financial restructuring. The proposal…
People: Gilbert Moves from Sterling Children's to Doubleday, and More
As part of the continuing demise of Sterling, veteran children's book editor Frances Gilbert will leave her position as vp, publisher of Sterling Children's to join Random House Children’s Books as editorial director, Doubleday, starting June 18. Gilbert will report to vp, publishing director of the Random House/Golden Books Young…
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