Can Textbook Nationalization Curb "Profiteering Publishers"?

Can Textbook Nationalization Curb "Profiteering Publishers"? Hungary nationalized primary school textbook production to thwart what are viewed as "profiteering publishers"; Poland and South Africa are considering similar changes.

Issues on the Ether: How Is Self-Publishing Maturing? This week's Publishing Perspective's #EtherIssue looks at the debate about quality and changing perceptions of the self-publishing community in the broader market.

More from PP: 5th Festival Neue Literatur to Bring German Authors to NYC The fifth annual Festival Neue Literatur begins in NYC on February 28 with a series of readings and discussions with German-language authors.

From the Archives: Digital Textbooks: Publishers and the Unrealized Promise Legacy publishers will say they can’t produce high quality digital textbooks affordably, but that’s not the issue. They don’t want to, says competitor Flat World Knowledge.