publishers
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Why Do Publishers Have Beef With the Internet Archive?
Earlier this month, the Internet Archive asked a US court to end a lawsuit filed against it by four large book publishers. The Internet Archive is a not-for-profit organisation founded in 1996 that lends digital copies of books, music, movies and other digitised content to the public. It aims to support people with print disabilities,…
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How Your Favourite Tech Blog Is Grappling With Europe’s New Privacy Law
In the run-up to the launch of the new GDPR privacy protections, most of the focus has been on how it will affect huge data-mining tech giants like Google and Facebook. But as many people are finding out today, GDPR applies to any site that collects user data or, in the case of publishers like…
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Borders eBook Store Also Getting Australian Books
The iBookstore went live with books from Australian publishers the other day, and now REDgroup – the company behind Borders and Angus and Robertson in Australia – have announced that they’ve signed deals with all the major Aussie book publishing companies. That means you’ll be able to buy books from Aussie authors for your Kobo…