Target US metadata glitch causes book descriptions to be redacted
In the US, department store retailer Target has been accused of redacting some words from the descriptions of books on its website, reports Publishers Weekly. According to a number of authors...
IPA endorses Thema classification standard
The International Publishers Association (IPA) has officially endorsed Thema, the global subject classification standard for the book trade that was first launched at the 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair. IPA secretary general Jens...
Thorpe-Bowker launches My Identifiers platform
Thorpe-Bowker has officially launched the My Identifiers platform in Australia, replacing the Australian ISBN Agency. Thorpe-Bowker general manager Gary Pengelly launched the platform at the inaugural Independent Publishers Conference in Melbourne...
HarperCollins to roll out new global publishing software with Publishing Technology
HarperCollins has announced that it will roll out a new global publishing software system in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand during the next financial year. The new...
‘Metadata obscura: Zoe Dattner on the nightmare that is ebook metadata supply’
‘It’s Thursday morning and I’m waiting at SPUNC HQ for Imogen to arrive. Today we’re going to upload 80 ebooks to Roger, Syd and David*. We’d spent the past few...