In response to president-elect Donald Trump’s win on Election Day, Mariel Dawson, VP of marketing at Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, posted a pro-Trump graphic on a personal account, raising concerns of bias among Macmillan authors and readers and prompting a response from the company. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
There is so much to complain about in the book world at the current moment, from Amazon’s stranglehold on book retail to the increasing usage of generative AI to replace writers and artists of all kinds. But you’re reading this column on Thursday; I turned it in on Tuesday, Election Day. I have... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-11-07 12:52:28 UTC ]
With the election days away, this is the perfect time to remember that public libraries exist in a political as well as a civic space. In this episode, hosts David Lankes and Nicole Cooke talk to John Chrastka, head of EveryLibrary, the country’s only political action committee for libraries,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
We’re a little more than a month out from Election Day and the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list is looking predictably odd. In a year when books about anti-racism have reached unprecedented sales, so too has the tide of journalistic blockbusters and books by conservative mainstays been... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-09-25 13:58:38 UTC ]
Winslow has a blunt reminder for Trump's supporters ahead of Election Day. Continue reading >> [ Source: HuffPost | 2020-09-09 08:34:11 UTC ]
Responding to growing concerns over the spread of misinformation online in the weeks and months before Election Day, Facebook and Google have announced plans to restrict sites that publish fake news from using online advertising. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2016-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dozens of news publishers including ABC News, NowThis and the Washington Post plan to produce hours of live Facebook videos during Election Day. Most are focused on providing the latest election news from around the country. NowThis plans to counter-program by hosting a watch party on Facebook... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2016-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]