Wie konnte es geschehen, dass eine so abstrakte wie randständige Materie wie das Urheberrecht solch massive politische Wirkung entfaltet, mit Hebeln, die von den Rändern bis ins ideologische Zentrum der Gesellschaft einhaken? Ein Plädoyer fĂĽr pragmatische Lösungen. Nachzulesen als “Virtualienmarkt” im Perlentaucher.

I have spent quite some time lately, in researching and trying to understand how globalization impacts publishing in the various regions. Parts of this is digging up and digesting dry statistics (thanks to the MANY helping hands, and apologies to all where some – hopefully corrected – mistakes have occured). But of course, desk research […]

Invitation To attend a session at the London Book Fair to discuss international statistics and perspectives of publishing markets Monday, April 16, 2012, 10:00 to 11:00 am Thamse Room (Earls Court, level 1) Details: http://www.londonbookfair.co.uk/en/Sessions/504/Global-Publishing-Statistics-Trends-and-Developments In 2011, the International Publishers Association (IPA) launched an initiative to survey “Global Publishing Markets”, and contracted RĂĽdiger Wischenbart Content […]