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Librarians, advocates sue to block restrictive new Alabama library policies

May 10 2024: A group of families and librarians filed suit in federal court this week to block the implementation of new library material policies enacted by the Autauga-Prattville Public Library Board of Trustees in Alabama. Filed in the United States District Court for the Middle ...

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The cases against book bans

May 10 2024: After a string of wins, significant developments loom in several book-banning lawsuits. Amid a three-year nationwide surge in book bans, 2024 began on a hopeful note for freedom-to-read advocates, with legal victories in book-banning lawsuits in Iowa, Florida, and Texas...

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America’s unseen book bans: the long history of censorship in prisons

May 09 2024: Tens of thousands of books are banned in US prisons, in an often arbitrary process that limits education opportunities.

On a Monday night, just after six, Alicia Williams waits for the last stragglers to take their seats in her cramped classroom at the ...

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Promotions and structural changes at Hachette Book Group, Hachette UK

May 08 2024: Hachette Book Group and Hachette UK have made promotions and structural changes designed "to meet consumer needs in all formats and fuel Hachette's growth in the U.K., the U.S., and international markets.

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Simon & Schuster buys Dutch publisher VBK

May 07 2024: Simon & Schuster has bought VBK (Veen Bosch & Keuning), the largest publisher of adult and children's general-interest books in the Netherlands. The move marks S&S's first ownership of a foreign-language publisher and its first time owning a continental European ...

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2024 Pulitzer Prize Winners announced

May 06 2024: The Pulitzer Prize winners were announced Monday by the Pulitzer Prize Board. To see and read more about the winners, please visit our awards page.

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ACLS announces 2024 Open Access Book Award winners

May 03 2024: The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) this week announced the winners of the inaugural 2024 ACLS Open Access Book Prizes and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awards. In the history category, Freedom Seekers: Escaping from Slavery in Restoration London by Simon...

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Innovators share 'disruptive' ideas at PubU 2024

May 02 2024: At the Independent Book Publishers Association’s Publishing University 2024 in Denver, whose theme was “Rise and Disrupt!,” an April 27 roundtable addressed alternatives—or creative tweaks—to traditional publishing models. Introducing the panel, IBPA CEO Andrea Fleck-...

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In Our Midst follows a German immigrant family’s fight for freedom after their internment post–Pearl Harbor.
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