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How Barnes & Noble went from villain to hero

Apr 15 2022: After years on the decline, Barnes & Noble’s sales are up, its costs are down — and the same people who for decades saw the superchain as a supervillain are celebrating its success.

In the past, the book-selling empire, with 600 outposts across all 50 states, was ...

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Meet the 1,300 librarians racing to back up Ukraine’s digital archives

Apr 15 2022: Over the past month, a motley group of more than 1,300 librarians, historians, teachers and young children have banded together to save Ukraine’s Internet archives, using technology to back up everything from census data to children’s poems and Ukrainian basket weaving ...

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Authors and booksellers mobilize for midterm voters

Apr 13 2022: Writers for Democratic Action (WDA), an organization of some 2,600 authors (and counting), is mobilizing its membership in a national campaign called Book the Vote. WDA will facilitate nonpartisan voter registration for the 2022 midterm election, working with authors, ...

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Print book sales fall 9% in first quarter 2022 after 29% increase in 2021

Apr 11 2022: Unit sales of print books fell 8.9% in the first quarter, which ended April 2, from the same period in 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. The decline was expected, as first-quarter sales in 2021 soared 29.2% over the first period in 2020. Unit sales were 183....

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Jack Higgins, author of "The Eagle Has Landed", dies aged 92

Apr 09 2022: Henry Patterson, the bestselling novelist who wrote the The Eagle Has Landed, has died aged 92.

The writer died at his home in Jersey surrounded by his family, his publisher HarperCollins said.

Patterson wrote 85 novels, predominantly thrillers and in the ...

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‘Unparalleled in intensity’ – 1,500 book bans in US school districts

Apr 07 2022: More than 1,500 book bans have been instituted in US school districts in the last nine months, a study has found, part of a rightwing censorship effort described as “unparalleled in its intensity”.

PEN America, a non-profit organization that works to protect freedom ...

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Congress to hold hearing on book bannings in schools and libraries

Apr 05 2022: Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin, chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, plans to hold a hearing to examine the wave of attempted book bannings in schools and libraries across the country. The hearing is set for April 7 at 10:00 a.m. ET. A ...

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Oprah Winfrey named 2022 PEN/Faulkner Literary Champion

Mar 30 2022: Oprah Winfrey has been selected as the 2022 PEN/Faulkner Literary Champion, an annual commendation that recognizes a lifetime of devoted literary advocacy and a commitment to inspiring new generations of readers and writers.

"Oprah Winfrey is a literary force field...

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