An overwhelming majority of parents and guardians believe librarians are trustworthy and that libraries are safe spaces for children. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-11-28 15:08:22 UTC ]
Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell has been named Waterstones' Book of the Year 2020, claiming victory over the shortlist by "an overwhelming majority". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-12-01 02:51:45 UTC ]
For the past several years, Association of National Advertisers CEO Bob Liodice has kicked off the group’s largest conference of the year by ticking off a laundry list of issues plaguing the industry, including the opaque digital media supply chain, ad fraud and the ANA’s long-running fight with... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2019-10-03 15:40:12 UTC ]
The Flame collects unpublished poetry, as well as notebook entries and song lyrics, and offers ‘an intimate look inside the life and mind of a singular artist’A book of Leonard Cohen’s final poems, completed in the months before his death and tackling “the flame and how our culture threatened... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Leading US commentator asks: what if the entire industry made a business blunder by putting news up online for free while ignoring their print product? “What if”, asks Jack Shafer, “almost the entire newspaper industry got it wrong? What if, in the mad dash to put up editorial content on to the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Union believes alternative regulator is more compliant with Leveson reportThe National Union of Journalists has endorsed Impress, the regulator created as an alternative to the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso).In so doing, the NUJ has labelled Ipso, which was set up by the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chairman argues that negotiations with publishers led to ‘substantial changes’ to the regulator’s rules that have helped to achieve ‘effective regulation’Sir Alan Moses made a trenchant, and often witty, defence of his role as chairman of the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
As phones grow to become an overwhelming majority of traffic, content has become increasingly aimed at playing the numbers gameThe internet was meant to be an amazing engine for invention and diversification in media. With the barriers to entry toppling, anybody could become a publisher, and,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Digital and print-on-demand technology has made self-publishing much easier. But for every self-published work that gains traction, the overwhelming majority of books don't. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Atlantic | 2012-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Wed, 08/06/2011 - 15:16 The National Federation of Women's Institutes is to campaign on the issue of library closures, after voting in support of the issue at this afternoon's annual general meeting in Liverpool. Annie Mauger, chief executive of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]