In the news this week
To help you keep in touch with what’s been happening in the creative sector over the past week, here are some links to online news and commentary we've come across that we thought might be of interest.
Authors and publishers
An interview with a travel app author
A review of e-book and print book sales of the top 50 titles in the US
An overview of leading digital textbook companies in the US
A study has found that fewer publishers are optimistic about the transition to digital
HarperCollins US has launched a print-on-demand facility at retail stores
Positive results from Bloomsbury in the quarter leading up to 31 December 2011
The woes for territorial copyright and e-books
Stephen Page from Faber Publishing says that publishers are still important
Amazon have hired a vendor manager to roll out its e-book platform in Brazil within the next six months
Exploding demand for e-books has changed the way libraries operate in the US
McDonalds has a new literacy campaign in the UK
Apps help kids with autism
Murdoch accuses Google of profiting from piracy
Pirate Bay offers a new service called ‘The Promo Bay’ with the aim of making artists famous
Speculation about Apple’s new product launch
Mike Taylor from The Guardian on the debate surrounding the Research Works Act
Kobo’s expansion plans
Mike Shatzkin on the upcoming Digital Book World conference
Insights into SOPA and digital copying
A good opinion piece on the state of trade publishing
The malleability of digital content
Jeremy Greenfield from Digital Book World and advise for publishers
Apple’s new iBook Author, iBook U and iBook 2
e-textbooks could become mainstream in 2012-01-23
Visual Artists
Julian Meyrick from The Sydney Morning Herald discusses arts funding
Regional galleries in NSW have been doing better than their city counterparts in recent years
Item posted on 23 January 2012.