Internet Archive allows unlimited access to 1 million documents
This is not the first time this online platform has infringed copyright by lending digital books. Internet Archive has now created a 鈥渘ational emergency library鈥 and is using it as an excuse to make 1.4 million documents available free of charge. Why? To address an 鈥渦nprecedented global and immediate need for access to reading and research materials.鈥 For authors and their publishers, it鈥檚 a clear example of opportunistic behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read the article from L鈥橝ctuaLitt茅.
Virtual book fair supporting Quebec鈥檚 book industry
The COVID-19 crisis has led to many worthwhile initiatives bringing people together (virtually) and enabling them to share. Now a virtual book fair has been formed online. Go to their Facebook page for recommendations on what to read and take part in their activities from April 23 to 26. Authors will be reaching out safely from home.
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Uncertain future for magazines in Quebec and across Canada
With the whole world facing uncertainty because of COVID-19, magazine publishers are no exception, especially after the government ordered all non-essential activities to shut down. Printers are on hiatus and sales outlets are closed鈥 Many publishers aren鈥檛 sure whether their operations will even be able to restart after the lockdown is lifted.
Read the article from Le Devoir.