Simon Savidge has left his role at Liverpool Libraries to take charge of logistics for the BBC’s Novels That Shaped Our World libraries events programme. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-09 06:33:08 UTC ]
Bonnier Books UK has acquired Freya Sampson's debut novel The Last Library—an "ode to libraries and the ability they possess to bring the unlikeliest of people together". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-06 07:58:22 UTC ]
Macmillan executives are seeking feedback on three new e-book licensing proposals from a select group of librarians. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-06 05:00:00 UTC ]
The Scottish Poetry Library has come under fire from transgender and non-binary authors for its stance against “no-platforming” authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-05 19:17:37 UTC ]
The merger, for which the two institutions are currently seeking public funding, will see the library take on stewardship of BHS's landmark Pierrepont Street building in Brooklyn Heights as well as all of its holdings and programming. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-02-28 05:00:00 UTC ]
Library and information association CILIP has delivered a 7,000 signature petition to Downing Street calling for an end to austerity in the service. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-02-28 04:01:09 UTC ]
Taking a look at some of the world's most innovative libraries and library projects as a way of looking toward the future of these important institutions. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-02-26 11:38:35 UTC ]
With A-list keynote speakers, a rich professional program, and the storied city of Nashville taking center stage, the 2020 PLA conference is set up to be a great one. Here's all of PW's preconference coverage. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-02-21 05:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster (S&S) has struck a new partnership with public libraries in the UK Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-02-16 17:38:06 UTC ]
The recently unveiled list, compiled from more than a century of circulation data, is like a literary cardiogram of the nation’s beating heart. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-01-13 12:00:00 UTC ]
Scores of authors including Neil Gaiman, Ali Sparkes, Pauline Rowson and Philip Hoare have signed an open letter to Hampshire County Council calling for it to ditch its "shameful" proposal to close 10 libraries. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-01-10 13:57:46 UTC ]
The Library Club in London, a private members club for those in the literary, art, design and theatre industries, has closed after seven years after its rent was doubled. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-01-06 09:30:39 UTC ]
Darlington Borough Council will pay £2.9m to keep one of its libraries open after abandoning plans to close it. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-01-05 21:59:32 UTC ]
Arts Council England (ACE) could make funding public libraries one of its priorities over the next decade, the organisation’s c.e.o. has said. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-01-03 11:55:05 UTC ]
The best way to end the e-book standoff between publishers and libraries is to use data. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-12-20 05:00:00 UTC ]
A little more than a year after the death of founder Todd Bol, his family and his nonprofit are at odds. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2019-12-18 16:24:23 UTC ]
Backing 'the journey of a historic cultural icon' in Nairobi, the Sharjah World Book Capital program announces support for the McMillan Library restoration. The post Sharjah World Book Capital Program Backs Kenyan Library Restoration appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-12-17 13:10:22 UTC ]
Sora, OverDrive Education’s K–12 student reading app, is marking its first birthday with some impressive stats, as well as ed tech honors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-12-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
PW takes a look back at some of the library stories that captivated the publishing world in 2019, and examines what they portend for 2020. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-12-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
Guy LeCharles Gonzalez argues that everyone would benefit from a collaborative, good-faith, and transparent effort to effectively measure the impact of libraries on book discovery, author brand development, and consumer sales. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-12-13 05:00:00 UTC ]