Technology • Innovation • Publishing – Issue #97

Please scroll to bottom for resources section, which I hope you find helpful this week.

Innovation

Social distancing: Google's new tool lets you see a two-metre gap with AR

Technology

Facebook launches CatchUp, an audio-only calling app that shows who’s ready to chat now

Publishing

The Ickabog

AAP Member-Publishers File Copyright Infringement Suit Against Internet Archive

Open-access science funders announce price transparency rules for publishers

Google relief fund to help 5,000 local newsrooms worldwide during Covid-19 crisis

Arnault Is Latest Billionaire to Invest in Lagardere (owner of Hachette Book Group)

Amazon’s Audible Looks Beyond Audiobooks for Push Into Podcasts

The Stitcher Podcasting Report

Business

Amazon Said To Be In Talks To Buy Self-Driving Startup Zoox

Warner Music kicks off $1.8 billion Nasdaq IPO

Resources

Reporters needing legal assistance while covering protests
MT @jenntopper If you are a reporter who needs legal assistance while covering protests @rcfp attorneys are standing by. 800-336-4243/hotline@rcfp.org. Stay safe!
RT @PitchWars In an effort to amplify Black voices, we’ve added a #BVM (Black Voices Matter) hashtag to #pitmad, to be used by Black creators who are pitching. We encourage agents and editors to peruse this tag Thursday. Thank you to @lanewriteswords for the suggestion.
Don’t forget to sign up for the free 6/4 Bronx Book Festival
RT @inQluded timely! hey twitter! we need your help! can we do this together!! ☺️🌈 -- we are looking for elders who identify as #LGBTQIA2S (Indigenous and Black) for a panel in june! more info below, please boost! even if, especially if, this isn’t you! maybe you KNOW someone who knows!"

The Metropolitan Opera Launches a Free, Online Summer Camp

Women’s Media Group

Open to all – free WMG webinar on How to Master Video Meetings w Paula Rizzo 6/11 2pm EST
Kathy Sandler

The latest in technology, innovation, and publishing curated by Kathy Sandler.
I work at Penguin Random House. Opinions expressed are my own.

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