US Blog - Feels Like Christmas

11/25/2009

- Michael Jensen

So the Kindle comes to Canada. Finally.

What that means to Canadian publishers is that the toe of their stocking may be squarish this Christmas. And by January they’ll have hands-on experience. And by February they’ll be wanting to get their books into Kindle format right away.

Amazon Kindle is a tiny market compared to print, but the Kindle is still (for now) the biggest digital marketplace around.

Getting into it is pretty simple, especially for publishers of fiction and other text-heavy books. For anything with tables, graphs, images, or complex typography, wait for a year or two. But for long-form and short-form text, it’s worth the investment of a little time and effort. Click here to read more.

UK Blog - A mind numbing prospect

11/25/2009

- Peter Kilborn

The Digital Publishing Forum of the UK Publishers Association held a seminar last week on legal issues for digital publishing, addressed by the well-known media lawyer Laurence Kaye and the PA’s copyright counsel Hugh Jones. Unsurprisingly, high on the agenda was the future of copyright in the networked society. Perhaps more surprising was the greater degree of confidence apparently being shown by the UK government in the broad structure of present copyright protection. Much was made of the fact that the ‘content industries’ are the largest single contributor to the nation’s wealth, especially after the financial services industry crumbled to dust in the banking crises of the last two years. Politicians and their officials have become fearful of undermining another of the UK’s dominant industries. Click here to read more.

Register -  Rights Canada Spring 2010

11/11/2009

The AECB is pleased to invite you to register your titles in the Spring 2010 edition of the Rights Canada Catalogue. Participating in the Rights Canada Catalogue means promoting your titles to over 2,500 foreign contacts and hundreds more at international book fairs such as the Bologna Children’s Book Fair and the London Book Fair.  Work collectively with other Canadian publishers to increase international awareness of Canadian titles and promote the Canadian publishing industry while benefiting from the AECB’s experience and international relationships. Click here to read more.

Registration Deadline: Monday November 30, 2009

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You must be registered as a member of the AECB website before registering a title for the Rights Canada Catalogue.  Click here to register as a member. Once you’ve registered, log in to your account and click the following link to register your title: Register now