On Friday, the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) presented a lively and generally productive roster of programming at its annual meeting under the banner of “Move Fast and Fix Things” (except for a tone-deaf closing session in which Jeff Jarvis and Matthew Kirschenbaum casually—and without legal basis—declared the theft of human creation by a few tech dynasties as fair use). Among the many moments of interest: Chief content officer of the IPBA Lee Wind was honored for his “We Are Stronger Than Censorship” campaign, which takes a simple, subversive approach to counteracting local book bans. For every book banned, the […]
