
Outside US, Book World Has Mixed 2020
In Germany, a boom in book sales for the first half of December was followed by a stringent lockdown that crushed the holiday market.

Ranking & Rebooting Publishing
A ranking of top players in publishing isn’t only a numbers game. Assessing the current state of the market in the middle of a pandemic and in the throes of digital transformation requires complex calculations far beyond spreadsheets.

Bezos Steps Down as Amazon CEO
The only mention of the book business in Amazon’s 2020 year-end results was tied to self-publishing.
Amazon Faces Ebook Price-Fixing Charges
Hagens Berman last filed an e-book price-fixing lawsuit against Apple and five of the then-Big Six publishers in August 2011.
Uncertainty For 2021 As Pandemic Lingers
The value of a bookstore is going to the bookstore. To change from that model to an online business model means staff and other business changes that place independent booksellers in direct competition with Amazon.
Amazon Considering E-book Lending for Libraries
Discussions with the Digital Public Library of America cover Amazon Publishing titles only.
Rebuilding and Reimagining Kenya’s Libraries
As the global coronavirus pandemic holds the world in its grip, Book Bunk has continues to meet the challenge of engaging a new generation of Kenyan readers.
‘Twilight’ Meets ‘The Bachman Books’: Copyright Deposit and Registration
Two of the most mundane aspects of the copyright system, the registration and deposit requirements, are also perhaps the most often overlooked when looking for “interesting aspects of copyright” to examine.
Copyright Clearance Center’s Virtual Programming for Frankfurt Book Fair 2020 – Special Edition
As the Frankfurt Book Fair is virtual this year, we are adapting our programming to resonate with audiences worldwide, celebrating the innovative solutions being developed by the publishing industry.
COVID-19: Can the Scientific Ecosystem Fight off the Virus?
Invasive Disruption Comes to the Scientific Publishing Ecosystem.