The archive of posts under Contract Rights & Royalties

BISG Rights Webcast

For publishers, rights are not a facet of the business: they ARE the business. Today’s market for published content is rapidly changing. Although this presents new challenges for publishers, authors, and agents, it also opens a new world of rights … Continue reading

Two ways scholarly publishers can make PDA work

A view on the PDA problem for libraries

I’ve been following the comment thread on this fascinating post on Patron Driven Acquisition (PDA) on Scholarly Kitchen. It raises some really interesting arguments that I’d like to explore about how college librarians here in the US and scholarly publishers … Continue reading

Creating Content: From Publisher to Media

One of the most interesting new aspects emerging from publishers is how they are using new technology to enrich their literary content. Increasingly, trade publishers are experimenting with enhanced books (books that harness the technology capabilities of new devices to include added features, … Continue reading