Nielsen report indicates streaming has dominated 53% of Asian Americans’ total TV time. Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2025-04-23 09:00:00 UTC ]
Attorneys for Institute of Museum and Library Services acting director Keith Sonderling and his codefendants have responded to a lawsuit filed earlier this month by the American Library Association and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees in support of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
Above the Treeline, the developer of the digital platform Edelweiss, laid off 15% of its Edelweiss workforce last week. The move comes six months after Above the Treeline's acquisition by Montreal-based software company Valsoft Corporation. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
A new report by the Reading Agency, a London-based literacy nonprofit, found that 46% of U.K. adults say they struggle to focus on reading due to distractions around them. Meanwhile, 43% of respondents ages 16-34 say they struggle to finish books they’ve started reading. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
Following a decision in late March that reinstated a preliminary injunction against an Iowa law that puts restrictions on what books can be carried by libraries, attorneys for the state are seeking a new appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
The US high court hears oral arguments as publishing industry parties file an amicus brief, on school exposure to LGBTQ+ themes. The post Penguin Random House Leads Amicus Brief in LGBTQ+ Books Case appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2025-04-22 20:46:03 UTC ]
The US high court hears oral arguments as publishing industry parties file an amicus brief, on school exposure to LGBTQ+ themes. The post Penguin Random House Leads Amicus Brief in LTGBQ+ Books Case appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2025-04-22 20:46:03 UTC ]
“Matriarch,” a memoir out Tuesday, explores the trials and hard-worn triumphs that shaped Beyoncé and Solange Knowles’s mom. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2025-04-22 13:00:08 UTC ]
This week's featured books include scheming, secret royalty, a possessing ghost-turned-lover, a personal history of Indian boarding schools, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-04-22 12:00:00 UTC ]
Digital media minister Clara Chappaz says TikTok videos promoting extreme thinness ‘revolting and unacceptable’The French government is seeking to take action against a TikTok group promoting extreme thinness among young women and girls.France’s minister for digital media, Clara Chappaz, has... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-04-22 11:13:23 UTC ]
What's your favorite book featuring reincarnation? (What was your favorite in your last life?) Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-04-22 11:00:00 UTC ]
In Library World, the word on everybody’s lips is “lawsuit.” Read on for more information about how we’re using the ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-04-22 10:30:00 UTC ]
Ahead of oral arguments before the Supreme Court set for today, a coalition of publishing-related parties filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting the Montgomery, Md., school district at the center of a lawsuit brought by parents who contend that requiring their children to participate in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
The first quarter of 2025 has some softer numbers than the same period last year, partly because of a ‘late Easter’ on this year’s calendar. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Adult Fiction Leads US Print Fiction Sales in Q1 drop of 1 percent in the United States’ market’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2025-04-21 20:47:29 UTC ]
Writers—even if working in fiction—are often concerned about what is happening in the larger world. Though it takes time to see a book through from manuscript to hitting the shelves, the ones featured here have a finger on the pulse of our contemporary moment and take time to explore the deeper... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2025-04-21 11:05:00 UTC ]
In 2020, I had the idea of starting a literary magazine featuring writers from the Gaza Strip with the goal of introducing their work to the outside world. I shared my vision with many friends in the United States and England, who all thought it was an important project to support, and a few... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-04-21 08:58:38 UTC ]
The winners of the 37th annual Triangle Awards, which honor the year’s best LGBTQ fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and trans literature published in 2024, were honored at a celebration held at the New School in New York City on April 17. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
With May 4 looming as the date when Institute of Museum and Library Services staff placed on administrative leave could permanently lose their jobs, two pending lawsuits—one filed by 21 states’ attorneys general and the other by the ALA and AFSCME—opposing the executive order to gut the agency... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
Scores of books by Francis, as well as about his life and papacy, portray the pope, who died on April 21, as compassionate and controversial, pastoral and provocative. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
Why do authors see Meta’s AI model as a threat to their livelihoods? Ella Creamer reportsEarlier this month, a group of protesters gathered outside the London headquarters of Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. They were demonstrating over the company’s use of millions... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-04-21 02:00:24 UTC ]