News tagged with book industry

British Library, Google in deal to digitize books

A treatise on a stuffed hippopotamus, an 18th-century English primer for Danish sailors and a description of the first engine-driven submarine are among 250,000 books to be made available online in a deal ...

Technology / Internet

created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Google likely next in antitrust push on tech giants

Google is likely the next major tech target of US and EU trust-busters after the US Justice Department sued Apple Wednesday for illegally colluding with publishers in the e-book market, legal experts said.

Technology / Business

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Book fair to tackle challenges of digital age storytelling

Authors once just had to deal with a publisher but are now being forced to embrace the digital age and negotiate the rights to their works for TV, films and ebooks.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Digital piracy casts shadow over ebook world

With electronic books growing in popularity, the publishing world focuses on fighting the threat of digital book pirates, much as the music industry once did with illegal downloading.

Technology / Other

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 5

Publishers embrace vision for a green future

(AP) -- The publishing industry has been fitted for 20-20-20 vision.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0