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Sep 23 2024: In a report released today, PEN America officials said that the organization has counted more than 10,000 cases of book censorship in public schools during the 2023-2024 school year, nearly triple the number from the previous school year, when PEN America recorded 3,362...
Sep 23 2024: More than 10,000 books were banned in US public schools from 2023 to 2024, according to a report, marking a stark increase over the year before as Republican-led states pass new censorship laws.
The survey from PEN America suggested that bans of books nearly tripled ...
Sep 20 2024: Slovakia’s populist government has announced plans to drastically raise value-added tax (VAT) on books to help fix its public finances, drawing condemnation not only from booksellers and publishers but also far-right, pro-Russian propaganda groups seeking to circulate ...
Sep 18 2024: Peer review—the process by which academics evaluate new manuscripts involving new research—has long been a cornerstone of the academic publishing process. But are large commercial publishers exploiting the peer review process for their own financial gain?
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Sep 16 2024: The six-book shortlist for the 2024 Booker Prize, which recognizes fiction published in the English language in the U.K. and/or Ireland, has been announced. The winner of this year's prize, which comes a £50,000 purse, will be announced on November 12 at an award ...
Sep 16 2024: After hearing from dozens of authors about the poor business practices of TouchPoint Press, the Authors Guild said Friday that it has reached a deal with TouchPoint founder Sheri Williams, under which Williams agreed to pay authors overdue royalties and revert rights ...
Sep 16 2024: On September 24, the full Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals—all 18 judges—will hear arguments in a closely watched book-banning case from Llano County, Tex. And last week, a flurry of amicus briefs filed in the case starkly laid out what’s at stake in the litigation: a ...
Sep 16 2024: Percival Everett, Rachel Kushner and Anne Michaels are among the writers whose novels have been shortlisted for the 2024 Booker prize. The list of six includes five books by female authors, the highest number of women shortlisted in the prize’s 55-year history.
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