OCLC has filed a lawsuit against Clarivate and its subsidiaries Clarivate Analytics, ProQuest and ExLibris for “tortious interference of contract, tortious interference of prospective business relationships, and conspiracy to do the same.” ExLibris is developing a collaborative cataloging system called MetaDoor, a competitor to WorldCat, OCLC’s collective catalog of library bibliographic content that is populated by library members who are contracted with OCLC. (OCLC says 8,000 libraries have WorldCat subscriptions.) The suit alleges that Clarivate has built MetaDoor with data from WorldCat, given to them by OCLC customers—a breach of those customers’ contract with OCLC. “In addition to tortiously interfering […]
China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair Postponed Again
The China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair has been postponed until November 18-22 due to recent Covid outbreaks and restrictions, returning to a fall schedule. It was previously scheduled for March 20-22, then July 22-24.
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Jessica Tribble Wells has been promoted to executive editor, Amazon Crossing and Thomas & Mercer.
Carnegie Greenaway Medals
Women’s Prize for Fiction
The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki won the 2022 Women’s Prize for Fiction.
Amazon’s Best of the Year So Far
Amazon editors chose Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt as the best book of the year so far.