<img width="1024" height="597" src="https://velocityofcontentpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/PRH_SS_Merger-1024x597.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="PRH/S&amp;S Merger" loading="lazy" srcset="https://velocityofcontentpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/PRH_SS_Merger-980x572.jpg 980w, https://velocityofcontentpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/PRH_SS_Merger-480x280.jpg 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw" />A PRH/S&#038;S merger would be good for the industry, attorneys claim.

Velocity of Content

Court Date for Landmark Antitrust Case

<img width="1024" height="680" src="https://velocityofcontentpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Banned-Books-1024x680.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Banned Books" srcset="https://velocityofcontentpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Banned-Books-980x651.jpg 980w, https://velocityofcontentpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Banned-Books-480x319.jpg 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw" />Publishers, authors, and bookseller groups have joined the Unite Against Book Bans campaign

Defending the Freedom to Read

<img width="1024" height="682" src="https://velocityofcontentpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/ContainerShip-1024x682.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Container Ship" loading="lazy" srcset="https://velocityofcontentpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/ContainerShip-980x653.jpg 980w, https://velocityofcontentpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/ContainerShip-480x320.jpg 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw" />Dwindling paper supplies, skilled labor shortages, limited printing capacity, and heightened awareness of environmental impact have all contributed to the supply chain nightmare for publishers.

Book Supply Chain Check-Up

<img width="1024" height="683" src="https://velocityofcontentpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/BookSales-1024x683.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Book Sales" loading="lazy" srcset="https://velocityofcontentpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/BookSales-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://velocityofcontentpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/BookSales-300x200.jpg 300w, https://velocityofcontentpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/BookSales-768x512.jpg 768w, https://velocityofcontentpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/BookSales-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https://velocityofcontentpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/BookSales.jpg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />S&#038;S CEO Jonathan Karp said that refinements made to its metadata have improved sell-through, boosting the bottom line.

S&S Q1 Sales Soar

<img width="1024" height="683" src="https://velocityofcontentpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/PW-150-1024x683.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Publishers Weekly 150th Anniversary" loading="lazy" srcset="https://velocityofcontentpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/PW-150-980x653.jpg 980w, https://velocityofcontentpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/PW-150-480x320.jpg 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw" />Although PW began as a publication for the trade, with the arrival of the web, its audience has grown to include avid book readers and the public.

150 Years of Books With PW

<img width="1024" height="768" src="https://velocityofcontentpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/WelcomeBackToWork-1024x768.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Welcome Back To Work" loading="lazy" srcset="https://velocityofcontentpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/WelcomeBackToWork-980x735.jpg 980w, https://velocityofcontentpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/WelcomeBackToWork-480x360.jpg 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw" />“We learned we were more adaptable than we knew,” Michael Pietsch told the annual meeting of the Book Industry Study Group, the first such gathering in three years.

At BISG, Pietsch Sees “Best of Times, Worst of Times”

<img width="1024" height="637" src="https://velocityofcontentpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Tech_Trends_26-1024x637.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="STM Tech Trends 2026" loading="lazy" srcset="https://velocityofcontentpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Tech_Trends_26-980x610.jpg 980w, https://velocityofcontentpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Tech_Trends_26-480x299.jpg 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw" />A key problem with open access information is that we require a new locus of trust, says STM’s Eefke Smit. We need to know which information can be trusted or cannot be trusted.

Latest STM “Tech Trends” Launches

<img width="1024" height="683" src="https://velocityofcontentpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/FortWorth-1024x683.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Fort Worth Stock Yards" loading="lazy" srcset="https://velocityofcontentpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/FortWorth-980x653.jpg 980w, https://velocityofcontentpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/FortWorth-480x320.jpg 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw" />The nation’s largest state library association meeting returns to Fort Worth.

Texas Librarians “Recover, Rebalance, Reconnect”

<img width="1024" height="578" src="https://velocityofcontentpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Data-Directions-1024x578.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Data Directions" loading="lazy" srcset="https://velocityofcontentpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Data-Directions-980x553.jpg 980w, https://velocityofcontentpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Data-Directions-480x271.jpg 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw" />Data can be the key to open new doors to innovation. But if you’re using numbers to find answers, you should ask yourself some questions, too.

Data Directions

<img width="1024" height="683" src="https://velocityofcontentpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/DeflatedBalloons-1024x683.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Deflated Balloons" loading="lazy" srcset="https://velocityofcontentpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/DeflatedBalloons-980x653.jpg 980w, https://velocityofcontentpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/DeflatedBalloons-480x320.jpg 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw" />The party hats publishers have sported since the pandemic began two years ago may now have to come off.

Soaring Book Sales Take A Fall

<img width="1024" height="683" src="https://velocityofcontentpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Ethics-1024x683.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Ethics" loading="lazy" srcset="https://velocityofcontentpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Ethics-980x653.jpg 980w, https://velocityofcontentpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Ethics-480x320.jpg 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw" />Fresh air and sunlight are said to be the best disinfectants.  The recently launched GW Journal of Ethics in Publishing offers plenty of both.

Ethics in Publishing Gets Its Own Journal

A series of recordings from the Copyright Clearance Center