The Friends of the Kensal Rise Library has written to All Souls College to ask it to consider... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The head of libraries at Manchester City Council has denied claims that up to half of Manchester... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Waterstones m.d. James Daunt has warned that e-lending in libraries will put further pressure on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
One-time "The Late Show" editor Roly Keating has been appointed as the new chief... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Harry Potter ebooks are to be made available to borrow as part of the Kindle Owners'... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has launched a consultation on plans to transfer the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Authors Guild says Google doesn't have permission to reproduce portions of books for their digital library. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google Inc. urged a judge Thursday to toss The Authors Guild and an organization representing photographers out of 6-year-old litigation over the future of the world's largest digital library, a move that would force authors and photographers to individually fight the online search-engine... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2012-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Surrey County Council's decision to remove paid staff from 10 of its libraries has been... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
A petition calling on education secretary Michael Gove to prevent severe cutbacks to the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Close to 100 Greenwich library workers are on strike over plans to privatise the borough's... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Almost a year after it was first announced 3M's Cloud Library ebook lending service is getting a proper rollout. Introduced today at a beta site in St. Paul, the system is now ready for its kiosks, e-readers and apps to hit the hands and eyes of library patrons. The touch-based Discovery... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Science fiction publisher Tor UK decides to drop anti-piracy restrictions from its electronic books. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2012-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 'ttyl' series by Lauren Myracle and 'The Color of Earth' by Kim Dong Hwa top the 2011 rankings of most challenged books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Society of Chief Librarians (SCL) is to have meetings with individual publishers over e-... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Surrey residents have won their High Court judicial review challenge against council plans to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tim Coates, founder of online e-lending service Bilbary, has pledged to raise money to donate to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Library campaigners and Unison have called for Ed Vaizey to step down from his position as... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pottermore has entered into an exclusive worldwide ebook and digital audiobook distribution... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-book enquiries from schools have gone "through the roof", according to library... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]