Here’s a heartening update to a terrible story: In November, Allegheny County Jail came under fire for instituting a draconian policy banning its incarcerated population from receiving physical books in the mail, only giving them access to 263 pre-approved eBooks on prison-owned tablets. Now, Warden Orlando Harper has announced a reversal of this policy—people incarcerated […] The post Allegheny County Jail has reversed its policy banning book delivery to its incarcerated population. first appeared on Literary Hub. Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-12-03 17:31:58 UTC ]
The campaign by Publishers for Palestine will offer more than 30 free ebooks of poetry, fiction and nonfiction as ‘an act of solidarity’A group of publishers has launched a week-long initiative encouraging people to read books by Palestinian authors and about Palestinian history by offering free... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-11-29 17:20:38 UTC ]
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When it comes to preserving any type of document in a format that anyone can later open and be sure it looks right, it’s hard to beat the PDF format. PDF, or portable document format, was developed by Adobe in the early 1990s to make it easy to share formatted documents regardless of the... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2023-11-29 11:30:00 UTC ]
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Publishers for Palestine, a coalition of more than 350 publishers from around the world, is offering more than 30 free ebooks by and about Palestinians as part #ReadPalestine week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-29 05:00:00 UTC ]
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As Cyber Monday begins to wind down, nearly all of the deals are still live on Amazon, so if you've had other stuff going on, you still have time to shop Echos, Kindles, Fire TV sticks and more at a discount. Amazon seems to reserve its best deals for three events: its... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-11-27 22:18:55 UTC ]
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With Cyber Monday deals have come big savings on all things Amazon. If you’ve been looking to get a new Echo speaker for your home office or pick up a Kindle as a holiday gift, now’s a great time to shop for all of Amazon’s gadgets and gear. For 2023, we’re seeing a new... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-11-27 14:45:32 UTC ]
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The days between Black Friday and Cyber Monday don’t have fancy shopping names associated with them, but it’s still a good time to shop for deals on Amazon devices, as most sale prices are still going strong. Amazon has sales on its own Kindles, Echos, Fire tablets and... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-11-24 16:17:48 UTC ]
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Like Amazon Prime Day before it, Black Friday is a good time to save on Amazon’s own devices. We’re seeing some deals that match — and a few that beat — the prices from July and October’s sales. If you’ve had your eye on a Fire TV Stick or a Ring doorbell, or if you want... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-11-24 05:01:57 UTC ]
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The British Library’s head of digital publications on the urgency of preserving digital stories, from smartphone apps to interactive web narrativesGiulia Carla Rossi collects the fragile artefacts of our increasingly transient publishing world. She is a curator of digital publications at the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-11-18 13:00:21 UTC ]
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We're now getting close to the end of Amazon's second Prime Day sale event for 2023. Most of the deals we're tracking are still live, so you can still shop early for the holidays — or buy something for yourself at a discount. If you missed out on the deals from the... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-10-11 22:10:30 UTC ]
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We're into day two of Amazon's second Prime Day sale event for 2023, and it's still a great opportunity to shop for your holiday gifts early — or get something for yourself. If you missed out on any of the deals from the company's Prime Day event in July, this year's... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-10-11 14:20:09 UTC ]
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Amazon's second Prime Day sale event for 2023 kicked off in the wee hours this morning, and it's turning out to be a great opportunity to shop for your holiday gifts early — or get something for yourself. And if you missed out on any of the deals from Prime Day in July,... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-10-11 00:21:03 UTC ]
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An ereader lets you take a whole library of books with you wherever you go — and even lets you borrow titles from your actual library too. Kindles are probably the best known (and top selling) ereaders on the market and they make great gifts for the holidays. During... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-10-10 14:35:09 UTC ]
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Amazon's second Prime Day-like sale event is here, and if you're a Prime member, you could use it to get some of your holiday shopping done early. Arriving about three months after the main Prime Day in July, this year's "Prime Big Deal Days" has brought back some of the... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-10-10 13:43:42 UTC ]
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We're just a couple days away from Amazon's October Prime Day sale, which kicks off on Tuesday and goes through Wednesday. Prime Big Deal Days is the company's second site-wide sale of 2023 and there are already plenty of early deals to be found. You'll need a Prime... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-10-08 16:21:40 UTC ]
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We're getting close to the start of Prime Big Deal Days, Amazon's second site-wide sale of 2023. While the October Prime sale doesn't officially happen until October 10 and 11, there are already plenty of early deals to be found. For some of them, you'll need to have a... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-10-06 15:39:24 UTC ]
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Agatha Christie is the bestselling novelist of all time, and many of her ebooks are on sale today for $2-3, including her most popular titles! Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-10-04 16:44:37 UTC ]
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Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for C. Michelle Lindley’s debut novel, The Nude, which will be published by Atria in June. Here’s a little bit about the book from the publisher: A gripping, provocative, and sensual debut novel about an art historian who journeys to a Greek island to... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-10-03 14:00:04 UTC ]
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Amazon's second Prime-related event for 2023 is officially called Prime Big Deal Days and will happen October 10 and 11. This is the second year in a row for a fall-based, site-wide Amazon sale and we're already seeing discounts pop up. You'll need a Prime membership to... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-10-02 17:30:05 UTC ]
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Amazon has kicked off a new Fire tablet sale ahead of its Prime Big Deal Days event later this month. The discounts include the Fire HD 8 down to $60, the Fire HD 8 Plus for $70, the Fire Max 11 for $150, the previous-generation Fire HD 10 for $75 and the Fire 7 for $40,... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-10-02 07:45:36 UTC ]
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In anticipation of Banned Books Week, Brooklyn Public Library’s collections manager Leigh Hurwitz joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss how the recent, dramatic rise in book bans disproportionately affects young people, and why BPL has chosen to offer access to its... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-09-28 08:18:01 UTC ]
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