What now for ebooks and libraries—with Donald Trump elected as president?
Ebooks, pbooks, and libraries are hardly in the center of Donald Trump’s radar, but I can’t help but wonder what’s ahead. Among my first thoughts: 1. If Trump can keep his word—you never know what will...
View ArticleCan Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos tweet away retaliation from Donald Trump’s...
In one of the uglier episodes of the Presidential campaign, Donald Trump threatened Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos with lots of anti-trust problems after the Bezos-owned Washington Post ran duly skeptical...
View ArticleYes, ebook tech prices could go up with Trump on the way: Buy ASAP?
No crystal ball here. But if you’re craving an e-book reader or another high-tech gizmo made in Shenzhen or elsewhere in China, you might want to hit the “Buy” button very soon. Donald Trump isn’t even...
View ArticleWhat will Trump’s immigration and tech stances mean for American jobs?
On Techdirt, Cathy Gellis has an interesting essay on what the Trump administration will mean for various technology-related issues: free speech/copyright, mass surveillance/encryption, net...
View ArticlePotential Secretary of Defense James Mattis believes reading is crucial
I can’t say I agree with the politics and viewpoints of most of the people Donald Trump has proposed for his cabinet, but there is a bright spot concerning Marine General James Mattis, who is rumored...
View ArticleGrowing up inside a library apartment: A lesson for Ben Carson, Trump’s...
Even if you read mostly ebooks, as I do, you can imagine the delights of growing up inside a library full of paper books. In fact, that’s what Ronald Clark did in the 1940s in the New York Public...
View ArticleCould an independent Copyright Office and the Trump Presidency mean trouble...
Remember October, when Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden pulled Maria Pallante from her post as head of the LOC’s Copyright Office, and Pallante resigned a couple of days later? Artist Rights Watch...
View ArticleDon’t cut library funding, President Trump. Learn from Ivana’s homeland.
Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump’s daughter, drew angry howls from librarians across the U.S.—with the bland tweet below. I don’t blame the librarians. Read on. This #NationalLibraryWeek, we honor our...
View ArticleIMLS for now survives Trump’s effort to kill it—but keep fighting with 2018...
Donald Trump tried to kill the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the small but high-impact agency that has helped cash-strapped libraries offer ebooks, among many other services. Trump failed...
View ArticleDon’t let Trump kill library agency: Wednesday deadline for comment to Senators
President Trump is still out to kill off the valuable federal library agency—the Institute of Museum and Library Services—in his 2018 budget. Among many other activities, the agency helps cash-strapped...
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Donald Trump, nonreader-in-chief, again wants to kill off IMLS, the library...
Donald Trump is famous for his contempt for the written word. He hates to read briefing papers. So, to the presumed delight of ideologues like House Speaker Paul Ryan, Trump is once again trying to...
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Trump-bullied Canada to increase copyright terms 20 years if trade deal passes
Update: Also see Canadian law professor Michael Geist’s analysis. By Timothy Vollmer Creative Commons Senior Manager for Public Policy Late yesterday the U.S., Canada, and Mexico reached an agreement...
View ArticleTrump’s new budget would kill IMLS—the main federal funder of libraries
Donald Trump hasn’t much use for books—except a precious few such as Trump: The Art of the Deal and other ghosted masterpieces. He converted the walnut-paneled library room in the old Marjorie...
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Review: The Mueller Report: Get commercial version of official PDF (too hard...
It’s not the crime, but the cover-up. This is the lesson that came out of Watergate: when it comes to criminal investigations of a scandal, it’s not usually the thing being investigated that gets...
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