Recent links from the tkbr pinboard collection:

 

• Emily Wilson · Ah, how miserable! Three New Oresteias · LRB 8 October 2020 2020/10/08
  On poetry, translation, gender.
• The 360° Competitor - The Scholarly Kitchen 2020/10/07
  Joe Esposito on possible structural reasons for Penguin/Random's interest in acquiring Simon & Schuster.
• Why Goodreads is bad for books 2020/09/15
  After years of complaints from users, Goodreads’ reign over the world of book talk might be coming to an end. 
• Publishers Are Taking the Internet to Court | The Nation 2020/09/11
  In a lawsuit against the Internet Archive, the largest corporations in publishing want to change what it means to own a book.
• Book Industry Leaders Send Joint Letter to Capitol Hill Regarding Amazon’s Concentrated Market Power and Control 2020/08/18
  

  Following the House Antitrust Subcommittee’s capstone digital markets hearing, “Online Platforms and Market Power, Part 6: Examining the Dominance of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google,” three groups representing thousands of authors, publishers, and booksellers in the United States – the Association of American Publishers, Authors Guild, and American Booksellers Association – have sent a joint letter to Subcommittee Chairman David Cicilline (D-R.I.)

• The #ReclaimHerName initiative ignores the authorial choices of the writers it represents. 2020/08/17
  

  All of these writers also had different reasons for wanting to present their books with male pseudonyms, including perhaps desires to present their own selves with male names. It doesn’t do much good to speculate about sexualities of the past, and apply anachronistic labels and designations in the process.

• Independent bookstores adapted quickly to closed doors, customers' demands | Vancouver Sun 2020/08/17
  A look at how BC booksellers are faring through the pandemic.
• Internet Archive Answers Publishers' Copyright Lawsuit 2020/08/05
  

  In responding to a lawsuit filed by four publishers last month, lawyers for the Internet Archive argue that the IA has made careful efforts to ensure its uses are lawful, and contend that its program to scan and lend print books from library shelves is sheltered by the fair use doctrine, and buttressed by traditional library practices and protections.

• Stories of strength and resilience: the publishing community's heroes, chosen by you | Quill and Quire 2020/06/30
  Q&Q asked the publishing community to nominate heroes who have in some way, big or small, contributed to sustaining the industry.
• Stories of strength and resilience: Honouring the publishing industry's COVID-19 heroes | Quill and Quire 2020/06/30
  Q&Q's June issue celebrated the publishing industry's innovative, generous spirit during the trials of COVID-19.
• COPIM Publishers Workshop: Discovery & dissemination — the present · COPIM 2020/05/28
  Really detailed discussion of the gory details of book publication, in the context of an OA plan
• The Atlantic lays off dozens of staff members as pandemic hits media budgets - The Washington Post 2020/05/22
  The 'live events' model that supports many magazines maes for a double hit in pandemic times.
• Amazon hurt them. The lockdown hurt them. Now there’s a painful loss in court. Canada’s book biz — authors, publishers, retailers — is hunting for a new business model | The Star 2020/05/21
  Canadian publishers facing multiple challenges in pandemic times.
• v32#2 Love and Other Data Assets - Against the Grain 2020/05/13
  Jesse Strommel on remembering the agengas behind our online learning platforms, LMS, and software tools.
• The supply chain for book publishing is being changed by Coronavirus too | The Idea Logical Company 2020/04/29
  Mike Shatzkin talks about how Ingram's dominance of POD fulfillment is having a huge effect on publishing supply chains in the pandemic