News from Publishing Perspectives:

Japanese-style Print-to-E-book Scanning Catching on in the US Already popular in Japan, affordable services that scan your print books and turn them into e-books have come to the US, with 1dollarscan.com leading the way. Read more »

Have the Ethics of Book Scanning Changed? Not too long ago the idea of scanning print books without permission sent publishers into fits. Now, that individuals are doing it, have the ethics changed? Read more »

The Literary Writer’s Guide to Getting a Fulbright Fellowship Almost everyone has heard of the Fulbright Fellowships for study overseas. But did you know they were also available to creative writers? Anna Clark explains. Read more »

What Other Fellowship Programs Do You Recommend for Writers? There are scores of fellowships, grants and other opportunities open for writers. But unless someone tells you about them, they can be difficult to discover. Read more »

Spain Hikes E-book VAT to 21%, Likely Slowing Growth As part of austerity measures VAT on e-books has been raised to 21% in Spain, a move that is likely to slow growth in the nascent segment. Read more »

From the Archives:

How IFRRO Regulates the Global Secondary Rights Market IFRRO aims to help publishers and authors recoup some 300 million euros annually from lost revenue due to unlicensed content reproduction. Read more »