Charity Libraries Connected has launched Libraries From Home, a page on its website rounding up remote services libraries across the country are delivering during the coronavirus crisis. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-07 01:22:20 UTC ]
Libro.fm is hiring 10 booksellers from the ranks of those who were laid off due to the new coronavirus crisis as part of a special month-long project. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
We all need a break from reality. Many of us are understandably looking for an escape these days, amid the constant onslaught of coronavirus headlines and updates. A good book can help, as long as it isn’t about pandemics. Or a dystopian future. Or being stuck inside for weeks on end.Read Full... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2020-03-25 11:30:44 UTC ]
Arts Council England (ACE) has announced a £160m emergency funding package to help artists and art organisations cope with the coronavirus crisis. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-25 04:57:11 UTC ]
The International Booker Prize is the latest prize to announce it is going digital in 2020 in wake of the coronavirus crisis. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-24 20:18:15 UTC ]
Pan Macmillan has said it is “forensically reviewing” its publication programme to decide on possible title moves following the closure of major high street chains during the coronavirus crisis. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-24 15:41:34 UTC ]
Three members of the trade have launched a £10,000 crowdfunder raising money for hardship grants to help booksellers hit by the coronavirus crisis. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-23 07:43:54 UTC ]
We're still early in this new coronavirus crisis, but it's not too early to think about what we want—and what we'll need—for our libraries in the future. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
Macmillan has abandoned its controversial lending policy on e-books for US libraries in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-18 05:44:27 UTC ]
Three prominent bookstores, McNally Jackson in New York City, Powell's Books in Portland, Ore., and Busboys and Poets in Washington, D.C., have together laid off more than 600 employees as a result of the coronavirus crisis. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
Three prominent bookstores, McNally Jackson in New York City, Powell's Books in Portland, Ore., and Busboys and Poets in Washington, D.C., have together laid off more than 600 employees as a result of the coronavirus crisis. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
As a result of the coronavirus crisis, sales at digital audiobook store Libro.fm and online bookstore Bookshop.org have soared. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
London Book & Screen Week, the consumer-facing arm of the London Book Fair, has been cancelled in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-10 12:41:54 UTC ]