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For Weekend Reading and Permanent Collections

October 7, 2022
By Michael Cader

After a small hiccup, our librarian friends should be able to find and order our new ebook THE TRIAL: The DOJ’s Suit to Block Penguin Random House’s Acquisition of Simon & Schuster from Overdrive for your permanent collections. And all of our readers can enjoy the long fall weekend with a copy: Would you rather […]

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Buy or Borrow: The Trial, For Libraries

October 5, 2022
By Michael Cader

As promised last week, for our friends in the library community our landmark gigantic ebook on THE TRIAL: The DOJ’s Suit to Block Penguin Random House’s Acquisition of Simon & Schuster, is now available to libraries through OverDrive. The book should be of broad interest to authors, and of particular interest to academic libraries with […]

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School Library Book Ban Movement Pushes Librarians To Resign

July 6, 2022
By Erin Somers

The NYT looks at recent efforts to ban books from school libraries, with a focus on the effects felt by librarians. They catalog some of the most extreme cases, writing that librarians “have been labeled pedophiles on social media, called out by local politicians and reported to law enforcement officials.” Some have quit after experiencing […]

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OCLC Sues Clarivate for Stealing Library Catalog Records

June 17, 2022
By Katy Hershberger

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 […]

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School and Library Book Bans Go Digital, Restricting Entire Collections

May 13, 2022
By Katy Hershberger

At least three counties have removed access to e-reading apps used by schools and libraries in a continued effort to restrict children’s access to books, NBC News reports. In Tennessee, Texas, and Florida, a few parents have objected to digital reading platforms, including OverDrive and Epic, aiming to restrict access to books on gender, race, […]

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Maryland Concedes They Are Regulating Where Congress Would Not Go

February 4, 2022
By Michael Cader

In a bizarre reply to the AAP’s request for a preliminary injunction, the state of Maryland both concedes and underscores that Congress specifically declined to create a first sale doctrine for digital goods, leaving it to the marketplace to adapt. Unhappy with that decision and its effect, Maryland has elected to regulate the marketplace for […]

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