In a bold move for books and authors, Spanish police raided a book piracy facility and seized an undisclosed value of copied and digitized titles intended for sale and distribution. This crackdown marks an important step for recognizing the rights of authors and copyright holders, and for attacking an increasingly frustrating problem. Piracy, especially of ebooks and MP3s, … [Read more...] about Spain Cracks Down on Book Piracy
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Organized Crime Focuses on Book Scanning in Spain
Asian organized crime is focusing on book scanning on a massive scale in Madrid and Seville. Police recently arrested three people and seized 8 large printing machines, at various facilities, that were capable of printing and scanning 1,000 books in a few weeks. The investigation and subsequent arrests follows a complaint from the copyright protection arm of Spain's authors … [Read more...] about Organized Crime Focuses on Book Scanning in Spain
1DollarScan’s Anniversary and Promotion
When digital publishing in its current state actually took off, a wide variety of companies formed around the different solutions it could provide. One of those companies, 1DollarScan, has thrived in the era of digital publishing thanks to a unique business model surrounding scanning of books and documents. The company operates under two distinct strategies for its … [Read more...] about 1DollarScan’s Anniversary and Promotion
How to Build Your Own Book Scanner…But Should You?
A very interesting war is being waged on books. This time it isn't about publishers and the agency model or the stigma behind self-publishing. This war is actually about the right and wrong of consuming a book that a reader already owns. Format shifting, as it's being called by some, is taking one copyrighted item that has already been purchased and reformatting it to use … [Read more...] about How to Build Your Own Book Scanner…But Should You?