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ITI NewsBreaks Cover Apple Ebook Trial

By on June 19, 2013 in Blog Post

Have you been following the Apple ebook price-fixing trial that has been going on the during the past couple of weeks? The trial is scheduled to end tomorrow, June 20.

Two ITI NewsBreaks authors covered the trial in this week’s NewsLink. Check out the articles!

Apple Ebook Price-Fixing Trial Underway

by George H. Pike

The long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Apple and its ebook practices opened in federal court on June 3. The first week of the trial was highlighted by an 80-slide PowerPoint presentation by the government outlining its case against Apple, along with testimony from senior executives from Google, Simon & Schuster, Penguin Group, and Amazon.

Apple Gambles on Winning Ebook Antitrust Suit

by Nancy K. Herther

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) came out swinging in its opening statement of its antitrust suit against Apple. In the past year, all of the publishers settled with the DOJ, ending their involvement in the case. Apple, however, has chosen to fight the charges in court.

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Book Expo America 2013

By on May 28, 2013 in Blog Post

I’m heading off to Book Expo America tomorrow to set up the Info Today booth and to get ready for the festivities.  In case you are attending, we will be giving out ARCs of 21 Days to Success Through Networking: The Life and Times of Gnik Rowten by Ron Sukenik and Ken Williams, copies of True Crime Online:  Shocking Stories of Scamming, Stalking, Murder, and Mayhem by Jayne A. Hitchcock, and samples of our latest periodicals. Stop by booth #731 to get your copies while supplies last.

Before I go, here are some survival tips  from Davida G. Brier of Hopkins Fulfillment Services  she posted on  Shelf Awareness a few weeks ago. I wish someone would have given me these tips when I attended my first Book Expo.

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The first review of Anthony Aycock’s The Accidental Law Librarian

By on May 15, 2013 in Blog Post

We just received our shipment of The Accidental Law Librarian by Anthony Aycock and I’m very excited to start working on promoting this title. That being said, I received the first review of the book in my inbox last week from Holly the Librarian. Overall it is a very excellent review.  Praise for the book after the jump.

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We’re having a book sale.

By on May 9, 2013 in Blog Post

Things are  a little slow right now in the office,  so I decided to mix it up a bit before I start planning for my summer conferences.  That being said, we are having a sale on some of our titles starting this week until June 10, 2013.  The details are after the jump.

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Connections Between School and Public Libraries

By on May 3, 2013 in Blog Post

With my previous time spent working in a public library setting was I anxious to begin ties with the public library in the town my middle school is located when I began as a school librarian. I quickly discovered the public library that our middle school students would use had a teen librarian. So I was able to begin conversations with her soon after I began my job as a school librarian. She was eager to establish a relationship with the school since she was new and wanted to work with the schools in her area. Right away we began a book club, and this year had a Valentine’s Day Speed Book Dating Bash that was a smashing success! The public library created lists of books for different genre areas and wrote 3 fast facts about each book. Then students came down to the school library and made selections quickly. We had four librarians from the public library come and assist us with this event, and I had over 200 students come through the school library in a matter of two hours.

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