IBPA and PubWest Unite to Become One Organization - Publishers Weekly

A short update before Panzer delivers today's publishing news. Our property is starting to look better. We discovered one of our apple trees did get blown over, but the others are fine.

 

Some schools, libraries and stores are still without power, so they're closed. There's still about 250,000 people without electricity in western Washington.  That's about half what it was yesterday.

On to Panzer's reporting:

 

According to a post by Nathalie op de Beeck,at Publishers Weekly, the IBPA (Independent Book Publishers Association) and the PubWest (Publishers Association of the West) members have voted to become one organization.This will give the combined membership access to each associations resources.

 

Panzer saytys, "The larger membership will bring more visibility too."

 

Note: This is a long post. Bring a cup of tea and two chocolate chip cookies (biscuits).

 

To read the post tootle over to IBPA and Pubwest

Amazon's Audible Captions Feature New Developments - Various

Today, Panzer's afternoon nap was disrupted when he was shaken from his kitty bed and onto the floor. Jumping into the Panzermobile, our brave kitty discovered the Catosphere was full of news about Amazon's Audible Captions feature.

My work for you is never done.

First he traveled to the Publishing Perspectives site where he discovered a post by Porter Anderson. According to the post, the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) has added their support to the Association of American Publishers' (AAP) lawsuit against the Audible Captions feature for copyright infringement. Twenty-seven member publishers of the IBPA in a letter to Audible have asked to not be included in the feature until the court decision is rendered. Panzer has been posting about the Captions feature for a few weeks now.

Next he traveled to the Publishers Weekly site where he discovered a post by Andrew Albanese. According to this post, Audible will not be rolling out the full Captions feature until after the court's decision. The company will instead roll out a version with only public domain material included. Public domain material is not copyright protected and can be used by anyone.

Panzer says, "Both these posts cover the same material but from slightly different angles."

Note: The first post is a long length and the second is a long-medium length. Bring two thermoses of tea and a dozen muffins for today's reading selections.

To read the Publishing Perspectives post tootle over to Audible Captions

To read the Publishers Weekly post tootle over to Captions roll out

To read Panzer's other post about Audible Captions tootle over to Captions

IBPA's Fall 2017 Update on the Amazon Buy Button Policy Change - IBPA

I'm feel better, Mom. Really I do.

Panzer's trip into the Catosphere today took him to the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) site. There our nearly recovered kitty found a post about Amazon's Buy Button policy.

The post is an email letter from the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) about Amazon's Buy Button policy. The policy allows third party vendors to sell an author or a publishers' book at a reduced price and "win" the buy button for the book at Amazon. Specifically, the book is supposed to be "new." The IBPA, however, reports they and some member authors and publishers have discovered "used" books on sale as "new." According to the post, although Amazon has been contacted by authors and publishers with complaints, the company has chosen not to address them. Also included in the post are ways to document third party vendor violations and where to report them to Amazon.

Panzer says, "It's interesting how the post says these third party vendors are getting the books they're selling."

Note: This is a h-u-m-o-n-g-o-u-s post. Bring a thermos of tea and a half dozen muffins and three chocolate chip cookes.

To read the post, tootle over to Amazon buy button