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NewsBreaks

Justice Department Responds to Ebook Lawsuit Objections

by George H. Pike

In a strongly worded document, the U.S. Department of Justice responded to public comments made objecting to the department's proposed settlement of price fixing charges levied against Apple, Inc., HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and four other publishers. The charges arose out of an alleged scheme between Apple and the publishers to establish an "agency model" of ebook pricing, with a goal of defeating Amazon.com's widespread ebook discounting. Under this model, the publishers agree to follow the same pricing models in their sales to all ebook vendors including Amazon. According to the Justice Department, the scheme resulted in higher ebook prices and was a violation of federal antitrust laws.

Weekly News Digests

NEH Announces Award to Build Digital 'Library of the Future'

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced a $1 million award to support the incorporation and launch of the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), a groundbreaking project that seeks to digitize and bring together the contents of our nation's libraries and archives, and make them freely available to all online.

New Home for Nature Network Blogs

Nature Publishing Group (NPG) announced the launch of SciLogs.com, a new English-language blogging network for scientists and science communicators. Nature Network bloggers will be among the first to take up their new home on the WordPress-based site.

Thomson Reuters to Acquire MarkMonitor

The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters announced that it signed a definitive agreement to purchase MarkMonitor, a leader in online brand protection. The completion of the acquisition is subject to standard regulatory approvals. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

NewsLink Spotlight

The Challenging Landscape of Ebooks in Libraries

by Paula J. Hane

The overall growth in digital content of all kinds, and in particular, the growing importance and acceptance of ebooks, has clearly presented great opportunities for libraries, as well as plenty of challenges. Many libraries are coping with decreasing budgets while at the same time experiencing increased demand for content and services. Challenges include limited availability of ebooks from publishers, increasing demands for tech support with ebook readers and mobile devices, cumbersome borrowing processes, and minimal discoverability of ebook content. Two recent reports shed some light on the current situation, providing interesting statistics and perspectives.

Bookshelf

21 Days to Success Through Networking
The Life and Times of Gnik Rowten
By Ron Sukenick and Ken Williams

21 Days to Success Through Networking presents a range of real-world situations, events, insights, and challenges through the eyes of a fictional character - Gnik Rowten - with whom almost anyone can relate. Follow Gnik's life over a 3-week period as, each day, he discovers and learns tools, techniques, and strategies for effective business networking.

2013/168 pp/softbound | ISBN 978-1-937290-03-0
Regular Price: $15.95 | Web Orders: $14.35

Conference Connection

CONFERENCE CALENDAR

Dec. 3–5, Gilbane Conference 2013: Content and the Digital Experience
Place: Boston
Sponsor/Organizer: Information Today, Inc.
URL: gilbane.com/content-digital-experience

Dec. 3–5, The 13th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (CIT2013)
Place: Sydney
Sponsor/Organizer: IEEE
URL: swinflow.org/confs/cit2013/index.htm

Dec. 4, STM Innovations Seminar 2013
Place: London
Sponsor/Organizer: International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM)
URL: stm-assoc.org/events/innovations-seminar-2013

Dec. 4–6, The 9th International Conference on Information Assurance and Security
Place: Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia
Sponsor/Organizer: Machine Intelligence Research Labs
URL: mirlabs.net/ias13/index.php

Dec. 5, STM E-Production Seminar 2013
Place: London
Sponsor/Organizer: International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM)
URL: stm-assoc.org/events/e-production-seminar-2013

Dec. 5–6, The ASLIB Knowledge & Information Strategy Summit (AKISS)
Place: London
Sponsor/Organizer: Association for Information Management (ASLIB)
URL: aslib.com/conferences/akiss/index.htm

Dec. 7–10, IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM 2013)
Place: Dallas
Sponsor/Organizer: IEEE
URL: icdm2013.rutgers.edu

Dec. 9–12, The 8th International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST-2013)
Place: London
Sponsor/Organizer: IEEE UK/RI Computer Chapter
URL: icitst.org

Dec. 11–13, The Fifth International Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Computer and Information Sciences (MACIS 2013)
Place: Nanning, China
Sponsor/Organizer: Max Planck Institute for Informatics
URL: mpi-inf.mpg.de/conference/macis2013

Dec. 15–18, The 3rd World Congress on Information and Communication Technologies
Place: Hanoi, Vietnam
Sponsor/Organizer: Machine Intelligence Research Labs and Dai Le Qui Don Technical University
URL: mirlabs.org/wict13

Dec. 15–18, The 2013 International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2013)
Place: Milan
Sponsor/Organizer: Association for Information Systems
URL: icis2013.aisnet.org

Dec. 18–20, The First International Conference on Mining Intelligence and Knowledge Exploration (MIKE 2013)
Place: Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, India
Sponsor/Organizer: Organizing Committee
URL: mike2013.org

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