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 ]
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 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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
Culture minister Ed Vaizey will be interviewed by the culture, media and sport select committee... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-20 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 ]
Penguin drops over-the-air downloads; now only Random House gives libraries unrestricted access to purchase and loan ebooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2012-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
David Pugh, council leader at the Isle of Wight, will be among those giving evidence at the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Former children's laureate Anne Fine has condemned plans to cut Durham library services,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Public policy consultant Sue Charteris has told the media, culture and sport parliamentary select... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Culture, Media and Sport select committee inquiry into library closures will begin hearing... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Culture minister Ed Vaizey has repeated his assertion that secretary of state Jeremy Hunt will... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]