Andrew Richard Albanese is a veteran library and publishing industry reporter, working for 16 years at
Publishers Weekly (2008-2025), and 9 years at
Library Journal. (1999-2008). He is widely known for his in-depth coverage of some of the publishing industry's biggest stories, including the battle over Google Books, the Apple E-book price-fixing case, the current surge in book bans, the open access movement, copyright issues, and the rocky evolution of the digital library market. He is a former editor of American history at Oxford University Press, and author of the bestselling e-book
The Battle of $9.99: How Apple, Amazon and the Big Six Publishers Changed the E-book Market Overnight.
