Janet Malcolm, 86, New Yorker writer and author of The Journalist and the Murderer died Wednesday of lung cancer.
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Unions: Oxford University Press USA Employees Form Union
New York-based employees at Oxford University Press USA have unionized, joining the NewsGuild-CWA. In a statement, they state their priorities as: Job security in a diverse workplace Dignified salary and benefits that keep pace with cost of living Defined job responsibilities, reporting structures, workload & company policies Improved career development and evaluative processes Comprehensive action to resolve issues of sexual harassment & the longstanding, unsustainable rate of attrition The new union told PL, “There are roughly 165 in-unit, and we have the support of 75% of those employees.” On Twitter, it said, “If senior management does not voluntarily recognize us, […]
In Bologna Panel, Publishers Discuss History, Future of Diverse Books
In a pre-recorded panel at the virtual Bologna Children’s Book Fair, A Decade of Diversity in Children’s Books, publishers and creators of children’s books from around the world discussed the history and future of diverse books. Featuring COO of We Need Diverse Books Dhonielle Clayton; publisher of Lee & Low Books Jason Low; author and founder of LovingKindness Boma publishing house, Cote d’Ivoire, Swaady Martin; Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Settenove edizioni, Italy, Monica Martinelli; American illustrator and wirter Chris Raschka; Founding director of Rue du monde publishing house, France, Alain Serres and moderated by bookselling and international editor of Publishers […]
Post-Brexit, UK Considers Change to Copyright Laws
Now that the UK has left the European Union, the UK government must decide on its own rules for copyright exhaustion on physical books and other intellectual property. On Monday, the government opened a consultation on whether to institute parallel trade—common in pharmaceuticals and other consumer goods—which would allow for the resale of printed books across borders without publisher permission. Until the end of 2020, once a book was placed on the market in the UK and European Economic Area, the copyright was “exhausted” and authors and publishers had no control over the resale of their book in those countries. […]