Recent links from the tkbr pinboard collection:

 

• Largest Germany Wholesaler Files for Bankruptcy 2019/02/15
  KNV, the largest German book wholesaler and distributor, filed for bankruptcy on February 14.
• Canadians reading fewer domestic books, report shows - The Globe and Mail 2019/02/13
  English-language share of sales for homegrown authors have fallen more than 50 per cent since 2005, says new More Canada report.
• Few Open Access Journals are Plan S Compliant[v3] | Preprints 2019/02/01
  Using DOAJ's journal metadata, an overwhelmingly large majority of open access journals are not Plan S compliant...
• Sharing economy as an anti-concept | Pedroni | First Monday 2019/02/01
  The notion of neoliberal entanglement economy is proposed to replace that of sharing economy.
• Library Acquisition Patterns | Ithaka S+R 2019/01/29
  The Library Acquisition Patterns (LAP) project examined trends in US academic libraries’ book purchasing.
• Amazon Crossing Kids, an Imprint for Children’s Books in Translation | Amazon.com, Inc. - Press Room 2019/01/25
  Just when you thought Greystone was on to something with their Aldana Libros imprint...
• Celebrating 30,000 Open Access Articles … PARs, RAPs, and Exploring Implications - The Scholarly Kitchen 2019/01/24
  Does the Wiley/DEAL Publish-and-Read agreement open new pathways to open access? And what's a PAR anyway?
• Wattpad Launches Wattpad Books, a New Publishing Division to Bring Diverse, Data-Backed Stories to Book-Lovers Everywhere | Business Wire 2019/01/24
  Wattpad announces Wattpad Books, the company’s first direct publishing division.
• Access Copyright and Fair Dealing Guidelines in Higher Educational Institutions in Canada: A Survey | Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research 2019/01/14
  Survey of HE institutions behaviours in the wake of the big opt-outs
• Frank Chimero · The Good Room 2019/01/09
  If we’re setting out to change the character of technology in our lives, we’d be wise to learn from the character of places.
• How Zine Libraries Are Highlighting Marginalized Voices 2019/01/04
  "Zine libraries are making sure those histories aren't forgotten."
• The 'Future Book' Is Here, but It's Not What We Expected | WIRED 2018/12/20
  Nice overview of a lot of trends, with a bit of historicism for fun.
• What We’ve Learned From A Decade-Long Copyright Case — And It’s Still Not Over | Above the Law 2018/12/17
  Georgia State's 2008 case re: fair use in e-reserves. Ten years later, s rulings, 2 appeals, and no forward motion at all
• You-niversity? – Making Knowledge Public – Medium 2018/12/07
  Carina Albrecht and Alice Fleerackers' survey results, on the university-public relation
• An academic’s podcast gets the peer-review treatment | University Affairs 2018/12/05
  Guess who?