America Faces a ‘Crisis in Trust’—Librarians Can Help Fix It

The Week in Libraries: March 30, 2018: At PLA, librarians show they ‘get it’; Libraries get a bump in the 2018 federal budget (and a warning for next year); And the New York Times looks at two of Wikipedia’s young citizen editors. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For Librarians, 2017 Is Off to a Rough Start

Low attendance at ALA Midwinter, and thorny questions about the fate of libraries under Trump. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ALA Midwinter 2017: Librarians Ponder the Future Under Trump

In his opening keynote at the 2017 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Atlanta, just hours after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States, W. Kamau Bell made a plea to librarians: don’t let Trump’s vision of America become the new normal. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trusted Media Brands Names Reader’s Digest Publisher | People on the Move — 1.18.17

Condé Nast Entertainment appoints an SVP, InStyle adds an editor, and more... The post Trusted Media Brands Names Reader’s Digest Publisher | People on the Move — 1.18.17 appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2017-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Consumers will rebel’: Publishers face creative challenges with Facebook’s mid-roll video ads

Publishers are hopeful about the chance to finally turn their Facebook videos into a revenue stream, but creative challenges await them. Ads could bring a welcome source of revenue, but videos will have to be edited with breaks in mind. And most online video that's out there now isn't good... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2017-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Retailers' sales rose 1% in December but face 2017 'challenge'

UK retailers saw a strong finish to Christmas, with like-for-like sales up 1.0% in December from the same month a year earlier, the British Retail Consortium has reported. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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CUP appoints Shull as Academic s.v.p. in the Americas

Academic and educational publisher Cambridge University Press has appointed Brigitte Shull, most recently v.p. of Management, Business, Economics and Political Science Publishing at Springer Nature, to the newly-created role of senior vice president for Academic Publishing in the Americas. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Faces Choice of Sale or Reinvention as Digital Power

Time is facing one of its most critical decisions since the magazine publisher was founded by Henry Luce and Briton Hadden in 1922.Should the company's board agree to a sale as its print advertising lifeblood continues to drain away? Or should it let new CEO Rich Battista implement his grand... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2016-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Global Kids Connect Surveys China, Latin America and Brexit

Organized by PW and the Bologna Children's Book Fair, the Global Kids Connect conference examined a booming Chinese kids' book marketplace, a renewed rights market in Spain and Latin America, and currency exchange issues after Brexit. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Internet Archive doesn't feel safe in Trump's America

The Internet Archive collects the history of the internet, one webpage at a time, in order to power services like the Wayback Machine, the free ebook site Open Library and the Political TV Ad Archive. It's a non-profit based in the United States, bu... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2016-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Multi-Academy Trusts 'will be the new product innovators'

Publishers should seek to partner with top-performing multi-academy trusts (MATs) on new product development or risk being bypassed, the Publishers Association's education conference heard on Friday (25th November). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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OUP Children’s buys refugee crisis title

Oxford University Press Children’s has acquired a novel about the refugee crisis by Gill Lewis. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wedding Magazine’s Name Change Faces Legal Challenge

"Weddings in Houston" publisher alleges that "Modern Luxury Weddings Houston" violates its federal trademark. The post Wedding Magazine’s Name Change Faces Legal Challenge appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2016-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomberg Businessweek Faces ‘Deep Change,’ New Leadership

Ellen Pollock is replaced by Megan Murphy, as the magazine moves toward relaunch and internal restructuring. The post Bloomberg Businessweek Faces ‘Deep Change,’ New Leadership appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2016-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google expands AMP, as it presents a friendly face to publishers

Google, long feared by publishers, is now cozying up to them -- at least in comparison to Facebook. The search giant acknowledged it needs to do more to help publishers monetize their fast-loading mobile pages, so it's expanding Accelerated Mobile Pages, its open-source effort to speed up the... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PEN America Responds to Trump Victory

The free speech organization issued a statement addressing the impending presidency of a man who has threatened to open up libel laws and showed deep disdain for the press. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sopel's title about 'strange' America to BBC Books

BBC Books has acquired new title about modern America in the wake of the US election, by BBC North America editor Jon Sopel. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harry and Beatrix Potter face off on eclectic Waterstones book of the year shortlist

Sarah Perry’s The Essex Serpent is the only novel on the six-book shortlist, up against JK Rowling’s play script for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and a long-lost Beatrix Potter storySarah Perry’s novel The Essex Serpent might have missed out on the big literary prizes this year, but her... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones launches new refugee campaign after 'escalation' of crisis

Waterstones has pledged to raise more money for Oxfam after an “escalation” in the humanitarian refugee crisis in Europe stemming from war-torn Syria. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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