A series of funding cuts to libraries in Somerset has been halted, after the High Court found... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Liverpool is the latest city to suffer library cuts as the council announced three locations will... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Library campaigners on watch outside Brent's Preston Library cried "Shame on you"... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-12-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Actor Simon Callow has donated 1,000 of his own books to the Westminster Reference Library. Most... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google Books and the French online publication ActuaLitté have launched a digital library... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hertfordshire county council has voted through the closure of its school library service. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The court of appeal has rejected the Brent library campaigners' appeal against the closure of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
In November, when Penguin abruptly announced it was pulling its frontlist ebooks from library lending programs, the move was widely perceived as a response to Amazonand a warning that, whatever the outcome of this latest struggle over ebooks, libraries are poised to become collateral damage. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Three Twin Cities literary presses already renowned for collaborating in unconventional ways to promote books and authors are partnering with a Wisconsin literacy group and a Minneapolis museum to promote literacy, publicize the mission of each of the nonprofit organizations involved, and sell... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google is partnering with Bloomsbury's Public Library Online, sponsoring two of the digital... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Somerset County Council has confirmed it is reversing its library cuts programme following the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Letterbox Library, a supplier of multicultural books to schools and early years settings, is... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Even in tense times, there is far more that unites publishers and libraries than divides them. And if one needs proof that librarians and publishers share common goals and can work together to mutual benefit, they need look no further than the career of Marcia Purcell, Random Houses v-p of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin UK is now withholding the supply of its new ebook releases to its library suppliers in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Mon, 14/11/2011 - 15:15 The Teeside village of Great Ayton is proposing a tax increase in the parish precept in order to save its library, threatened by North Yorkshire county council (NYCC) funding cuts. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Thu, 10/11/2011 - 11:05 Over a fifth of North Yorkshire county council's library staff are set to lose their jobs as part of plans to hand branches over to community groups to run, according to a report in the Yorkshire Post. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Internet retailer's complete collection of Prime Lending Library books for Kindle devices is online and accessible from any Web browser. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2011-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Fri, 04/11/2011 - 14:36 The High Court ruling on the challenge to library closures in Gloucestershire and Somerset will be given next Wednesday 9th November. The judgment, to be handed down by Judge McKenna at the Royal Courts of Justice in London,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Thu, 03/11/2011 - 09:53 Library campaigners have called for vision and leadership for the public library service following publication of the latest annual library statistics from The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA).... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon.com announced the launch of an ebook lending library for Kindle users, that allows Amazon Prime members to borrow books for free, as frequently as a book... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2011-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]