At Germany’s MVB, Meike Knops names Timo Wind and Felix Lenz to lead a new central business development department.
AI-Voiced Audiobooks: Guidance for Consumer Labeling
New guidelines are being suggested thanks to a transatlantic project to develop consumer labels on AI-voiced audiobooks.
Frankfurt Countdown: Bookwire Offers ‘Protection’ From Wrongful AI Usage
Working with Liccium, Bookwire offers ‘a legally compliant, machine-readable usage reservation’ for AI ‘protection.’
In Germany, Meike Knops Becomes CEO of MVB in November
With a background at Holtzbrinck and in management, Meike Knops is to succeed Ronald Schild as head of MVB on November 1.
Latin America: MVB Signs Mercado Libre, the E-Commerce Platform
In Mexico and Brazil, MVB’s Metabooks metadata base will be utilized by Mercado Libre, a leading online sales and auction platform.
Mexico: MVB América Latina Opens Discounted Access to Metabooks
The pandemic has heightened the need for strong metadata management in the Mexican marketplace, say principals of MVB.
On Canada’s National Indigenous Peoples Day: Book Data
BookNet Canada uses BISAC code research to explore Indigenous-focused literature in the English-language Canadian market.
Copyright Clearance Center Acquires Identifier Specialist Ringgold
After working with CCC for years on disambiguating author affiliations, Ringgold is now part of Copyright Clearance Center.
Studying Gender Representation and the Contemporary ISNI Identifier
The ISNI International Agency is having a group of advisers from sectors including book publishing and rights review its treatment of gender.
The UK’s BIC Program Opens Its New ‘Metadata Capabilities Directory’
Revealing ‘how metadata progresses through the supply chain,’ BIC says, its new Metadata Capabilities Directory is active now.