News from Publishing Perspectives

UK E-Congress Defends Print, Disses DRM, Pushes Partnerships Surprising ideas emerged at the recent World E-Reading Congress in London, including advocacy for sustaining print books, abandoning DRM, partnering and more. Read more »

SURVEY: Should E-Book Publishers Abandon the Use of DRM? Proponents of eliminating DRM say it will promote sharing and interoperability. Opponents cite the potential for piracy and the preservation of power. You?  Read more »

Amazon Anxieties Emerge at Madrid Book Fair On the eve of the Madrid Book Fair, amid economic pressure, Spanish booksellers and others in the book business are bursting with ill will toward Amazon.  Read more »

With Gallimard as Sole Suitor, Flammarion Questions Sale Left with no other bidders, Italy's RCS Mediagroup must decide whether Gallimard's offer of 200 million euros for Flammarion is enough to justify letting it go.  Read more »

Is Publishing Consolidation Favorable to Tech Takeover? Is it better to see publishers subsumed by fellow publishers than going to an Amazon or Apple? Or does it merely delay the inevitable or even expedited it?  Read more »