Wall Street Journal "Library e-book lending poses rising problem for publishing industry"
Interesting headline aside, Macmillan plans to change the way it sells e-books to libraries by limiting each library system to only one digital copy of each new book it publishes in the first eight weeks of the book’s release – the delay, known in publishing circles as “windowing,” is intended to boost the sale of new books by pushing readers to buy the book instead of dealing with long waiting periods that are likely to develop if libraries have only one digital copy. See also ALA's e-books landing page for more information about these developments and sample messages for an #eBooksForAllcampaign on social media.
GeekWire “University of Washington lands $5 million to study fake news and misinformation”
The University of Washington announced a $5 million investment from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation that will fund a new Center for an Informed Public to study “how and why fake news, misinformation, and disinformation are created” – the Center will live at the UW Information School and is scheduled to open in the fall of 2019.
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