French Culture Minister Fleur Pellerin has signed a 12-point charter with 10 book organisations in France to promote the loan of ebooks in public libraries. The 10 represent local authorities, libraries, publishers, booksellers and authors and the 12 points include access to all titles... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
More than half the staff at the flagship Library of Birmingham will lose their jobs, while opening hours are slashed, under new money-saving plans proposed by Birmingham City Council. The £183m library opened to great acclaim in September 2013, but new plans will see 100 of the libraries 188... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Colombia's El Libro Total, a free multimedia online library of more than 45,000 titles, is now expanding into mobile and print editions. The post Colombian Online Library El Libro Total Expands Into Print appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The number of people borrowing books from libraries in England has halved since 1997, according to the annual library statistics prepared by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA). CIPFA plans to publish its annual statistics on Thursday (11th December), but early... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
PW takes a look back at some of the library stories that captivated the publishing world in 2014, and what they portend for 2015 Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) has written an open letter to the Imperial War Museum, expressing concern over the threat to its unique library. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Kensal Rise Library building is up for auction this month, with a guide price of £1.15m. Although planning permission has been granted to convert the majority of space in the building into flats, it still has a dedicated space on the ground floor earmarked for community use, which the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The hardcover edition of Haruki Murakami’s new short novel, The Strange Library, earned raves from for both the text and the design. The post The Strange Beauty of Murkami’s “The Strange Library” appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
The new show, Cartoon Crossroads Columbus, will launch with a two-day show in Columbus, Ohio in 2015 and transition to an annual four-day comics festival in Fall 2016. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Press publishing director Stuart Proffitt has won the London Library Life in Literature Award for his contribution to publishing, with the judges deeming him "the pre-eminent editor of non-fiction working in the UK today." The £10,000 prize is given each year by the London Library,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The publisher is opening up its ebook lending program to all libraries. Previously, the S&S catalog was available only to those libraries participating in the house's “Buy It Now” merchandising program. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dubbed the “Indie Rock Stars” module, the program will launch with the participation of some 90 authors, and will include at least 18 New York Times bestselling books and more than 30 award-winning novels. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Some of the 1.4 million books housed at the central branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library are set to move to less distinguished digs: a 40,000-square-foot space in a Westport warehouse. Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2014-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Imperial War Museum (IWM) has confirmed it is consulting on restructuring its organisation, in changes which staff say could see its library close and up to 80 people lose their jobs. Altogether, the institution, made up of several museums around the UK, is seeking to reduce annual... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Library Campaign has termed the new report from the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee into the activities of Arts Council England a "damp squib". In the report, released yesterday (5th November), the CMS Committee criticised ACE for its bias in funding projects in the capital, but... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
William Sieghart has said that the library service operates "dysfunctionally", and that he is "frightened and worried" for the future of the library network. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Wales should seek to develop a nationally coordinated library service as a longterm goal, according to a new report into Welsh libraries. The Welsh Public Libraries Review was commissioned at the end of last year by the culture minister John Griffiths and carried out over the first half of 2014... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Barnet's library service could be reduced to a fraction of its current size if the council go ahead with new proposals. The London authority, home to Friern Barnet library which was occupied by protestors when it was slated for closure, is trying to cut £2.85m from its library budgets in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a deal begun at the London International Book Fair and consummated at Frankfurt, the Scottsdale, Ariz., press took North American rights to both a classics crime and a classic spy series. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hay-on-Wye's library will see its hours slashed by 20% if plans are approved by the Powys County Council. The book-loving town, which features more than a dozen bookshops and hosts the famous literary festival directed by Peter Florence each summer, will see its library hours cut alongside 17... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]