Ingram Goes to the Consumer
Ingram iD is an advertising platform developed specifically for book publishers by Ingram’s consumer marketing-services department. The goal of Ingram iD is to provide an affordable option for publishers to promote their titles, author events, or other programs directly to consumers.
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Judge blocks Penguin Random House-Simon & Schuster merger
The judge agreed the deal could lessen competition for top books. Penguin Random House said it would appeal.
Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division praised the decision, saying in a statement that the decision “protects vital competition for books and is a victory for authors, readers, and the free exchange of ideas.” He added, “The proposed merger would have reduced competition, decreased author compensation, diminished the breadth, depth, and diversity of our stories and ideas, and ultimately impoverished our democracy.” https://tinyurl.com/4vu4j46e
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Book Pirates Arrested and Indicted
Russian nationals Anton Napolsky and Valeriia Ermakova have been arrested and indicted for their role in operating the massive, notorious ebook piracy site Z-Library on charges of criminal copyright infringement, wire fraud, and money laundering. Since 2009, Z-Library claimed to host 8 million pirated books and ten times as many articles. After trending on TikTok as a source of free books, they received even more attention. Students often ordered expensive textbooks from the site. The Author’s Guild said in response, “The exorbitant cost of education should not be borne by authors and publishers but by the universities, and it should not be used to justify reliance on foreign criminals for textbooks or to trivialize the immense personal and economic harm Z-Library was causing authors who are trying to make a living under increasingly difficult and hostile economic circumstances.”
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Ask the Authors Guild, a new monthly Q&A session with the Authors Guild legal team exclusively for our members. Each session will focus on a different legal topic, and we’ll answer as many questions as we can in one hour.
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Female Authors Are Speaking Up, Strengthening Spirits
Faith-based titles are breaking taboos related to women’s lives.
https://tinyurl.com/3yns2ech
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An open letter condemns Amy Coney Barrett book deal with Sentinel, an imprint of Penguin Random House as its publication would be in violation of both the company’s Code of Conduct and international human rights. The Code of Conduct cites the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights in declaring abortion access a human right. Coney Barrett garnered a two million dollar advance of which $425,000 has apparently been paid according to sources.
https://tinyurl.com/tvz3ny4a
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The Rabbit hOle Hops Closer to Completion If everything works according to plan, the grand opening of the immersive museum celebrating children’s literature will be in September 2023.
Located in Kansas City, three-dimensional exhibits allow visitors to enter beloved children’s books from the past century and are among many other attractions. https://tinyurl.com/295a65w7
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Guide to Writing a Book Copyright Page [With 6 Templates] by Dave Chesson
https://kindlepreneur.com/book-copyright-page-examples-ebook/
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Amazon Makes Cuts to Its Book Group Amazon has cut an unspecified number of jobs in its book division and says there will be more in the new year. This summer the company decided to significantly reduce book orders in order to sell down the mountain of inventory acquired to meet the demand for books during the pandemic. Still, the cuts will fuel worries among publishers that Amazon is losing interest in its book business. https://tinyurl.com/bddpc6ps
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