A coalition of some 44 public libraries across Washington state is organizing a six-month boycott of Blackstone Publishing's digital audiobooks after the publisher announced last month that it would withhold new release audio titles from libraries for 90 days. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
A National Libraries Conference, due to take place later this month, aims to ensure the service’s “continued survival” in a digital age, organisers say. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-11 05:47:50 UTC ]
From oldest to largest, most popular to smallest, explore the planet and update your travel plans with this list of the best libraries in the world. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-07-10 10:39:02 UTC ]
Essex County Council has announced it is ditching plans to close its libraries and their future is secure for the next five years following a huge community campaign, supported by authors including David Walliams and Jacqueline Wilson. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-09 00:31:48 UTC ]
Library campaigners are calling on Essex County Council to launch a new consultation on the future of its libraries in a new bid to save the services. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-08 10:24:45 UTC ]
Critical Linking, a daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web, is sponsored by Book Riot’s ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-07-07 10:30:45 UTC ]
A movement supported by nonprofit groups and libraries is creating literary spaces in places where children find themselves with time on their hands. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2019-07-02 09:00:13 UTC ]
Microsoft has closed its ebook store—and will soon make their customers' libraries disappear along with it. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2019-06-30 11:00:00 UTC ]
Brand offers financial support to help restore parks, libraries and leisure centres. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2019-06-28 09:22:56 UTC ]
An agreement between publisher Springer Nature and Sweden's Bibsam consortium - made up of institutional libraries and funders - will see the two share the costs of publishing in Springer Nature's Open Access journals. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-06-27 01:33:22 UTC ]
Writers say a lack of funding and cuts to libraries mean children from disadvantaged backgrounds are missing out when it comes to school visits, after a new report shows that independent schools are far more likely to have welcomed an author in the past year than state schools. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-06-26 04:33:29 UTC ]
The libraries cited unsustainable costs in ending the service. Cinephiles took to social media with their reactions. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2019-06-24 23:21:19 UTC ]
Reynolds earned a standing ovation for an intensely personal keynote that touched on family, religion, his closest friends and relationships, the power of narrative, and the central, “sacred” role libraries play in people’s lives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
Among the week's headlines: the 2019 ALA Annual Conference kicks off in Washington DC; Librarians cry foul over Hachette's new digital terms for libraries; and the DPLA wins a major grant. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
In Weare, New Hampshire, a small town about 45 minutes from the state’s southern border with Massachusetts, the local newspaper Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2019-06-20 19:15:00 UTC ]
Among the stories making news this week: veteran bookseller and library advocate Tim Coates releases a reader-focused survey; more drama over Drag Queen Storytimes; and what to expect from all the talk of antitrust action in the tech sector. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Global Literature in Libraries Initiative takes translations to the ALA Annual Conference and administers a YA prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-14 04:00:00 UTC ]