Conducted by the Knight Foundation, the public opinion survey is the most in-depth yet on efforts to ban books in schools, researchers say. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
Among the week's headlines: Iowa becomes the next book banning legal battleground; a survey finds that parents still overwhelmingly trust libraries and library workers; and ALA announces Meg Medina as honorary chair of National Library Week 2024. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
Centre for Literacy in Primary Education records a 26% increase since its first report in 2017, but stresses continuing inequities in representationThirty per cent of children’s books published last year featured racially minoritised characters, according to new research.The sixth report on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-11-30 15:21:11 UTC ]
A survey of trade staff shows the majority would prefer to work two or three days a week in the office, but many want flexible working to go further to aid accessibility to the trade. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-04-30 15:53:10 UTC ]
The annual “State of Racial Diversity in Romance Publishing Report” has been released, surveying more than 2,400 romance titles published in 2019. It discovered that for every 100 romance books published in 2019, only 8.3 were written by people of color. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
Fifty-one percent of women over 40 feel older women in fiction books tend to fall into clichéd roles, according to a new survey. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-06-27 07:03:41 UTC ]
Bookwire expands its ebook distribution business in Spain. And a new survey finds that American libraries see rising demand for non-English language content. The post Industry Notes: Bookwire Partners With HarperCollins Ibérica; US Libraries Seek Non-English Content appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Poll by the Bookseller finds 54% of female respondents reporting sexual ‘harassment, assault or predatory behaviour’A survey suggests that more than half of people working in the books industry have experienced sexual harassment, with 54% of women and 34% of men reporting “harassment, assault or... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook's video ad service is gaining some traction with marketers, who are looking in general to spread ad dollars among more platforms, according to a recent study published by RBC Capital Markets in partnership with Ad Age.Of the 1,000 advertising professionals surveyed, about 11% felt... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2015-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new survey finds a growing number of people think libraries should swap out print for pixels. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Atlantic | 2015-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Digital Book World/Writer's Digest 2014 survey, which polled just over 9,000 authors, found that many, given the chance, would still opt for a traditional book deal. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
A huge majority of respondents to the government’s consultation on the future of Public... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
One in five American adults read an electronic book in the last year, as gift-giving sped the shift away from the printed page, a Pew Research Center survey showed on Wednesday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2012-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]