Nov 13 2019: A celebration of the life of author, editor and Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison, who died August 5, will be held on Thursday, November 21, in New York City at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Avenue. Speakers will include Oprah Winfrey, David ...
Nov 11 2019: In order to deal with congestion issues at its warehouses, Amazon has been cutting book orders to publishers over the last several weeks. It isn't clear how widespread the reduction in orders is, but several independent publishers contacted by PW reported cuts in their ...
Nov 11 2019: Amazon Crossing, Amazon’s publishing imprint focused on literary translation, was first announced in May 2010 and published its first book, The King of Kahel by Guinean author Tierno Monenembo, that November. Since the release of that first title, the imprint has ...
Nov 10 2019: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho — From her office next to the public computer terminals, Bette Ammon finds herself peering through a window to watch patrons moving through the Coeur d’Alene library’s nonfiction stacks.
Someone has been hiding books lately — specifically, those ...
Nov 08 2019: Voting for the annual Diagram Prize is now open. The tongue in cheek prize goes to “the oddest title of the year, not necessarily the funniest, particularly not one that is intentionally funny.”
This year's contenders are:
Nov 08 2019: An ongoing study based on eight public libraries around the USA, titled “Public Libraries Respond to the Opioid Crisis with their Communities” highlights how public librarians are saving lives. For example, some libraries are stocking naloxone and providing training in ...
Nov 08 2019: On Dec 3, the The Washington Post will publish a graphic version of "The Mueller Report," and the first section of a six-part digital series.
According to the Post, the book is written and designed by The Washington Post and illustrated by artist Jan Feindt, and ...
Nov 07 2019: In a meeting with state librarians, Macmillan CEO John Sargent expressed confidence that delaying access to new release e-books in libraries would boost the publisher's revenues, despite a growing list of libraries pledging to spend their money elsewhere.
Poetry is like fish: if it's fresh, it's good; if it's stale, it's bad; and if you're not certain, try it on the ...
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