Diane Ravitch offers disturbing and inspiring tales from the battle over public schools. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'
[ The Washington Post | 2020-01-31 04:41:30 UTC ]
News tagged with:
#fight back
#public schools
Your TBR has just grown by leaps and bounds, thanks to the winter 2024 YA paperback releases about to hit shelves. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-01-08 11:33:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#hit shelves
Columnist lashes out after climate change minister makes speech during Cop28 declaring ‘profound respect’ for Indigenous people’s care for landFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails,free app or daily news podcastChris Bowen has called on... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-12-14 05:53:25 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#news corp
#guardian australia
#united nations
#free app
#latest updatesget
#indigenous people
#free morning
Palestine, Eisner Award-winning cartoonist Joe Sacco’s seminal nonfiction graphic novel about Gaza, which pioneered the medium of “comics journalism” upon its publication over twenty years ago, has been rushed back into print in response to surging demand. First published across nine issues by... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-12-11 17:26:58 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#graphic novel
#acclaimed graphic
#joe sacco
The Authors Guild and other artists’ groups say that it's unfair to train AI algorithms on their work without permission. Tech companies generally argue that it counts as “fair use.” Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2023-12-07 12:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#authors guild
In comments submitted to the U.S. Copyright Office this week, the Association of American Publishers slammed assertions by the tech industry that fair use permits AI developers to use copyrighted works to train their systems without permission or compensation. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-06 05:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#copyrighted works
#tech industry
#copyright office
Amid a historic surge in book challenges in schools and school libraries, the Fight Book Bans Act would offer federal funding to support school districts fighting challenges to books and educational materials. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-06 05:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#educational materials
#school libraries
#book challenges
Seeing no follow-through on the Canadian government's promise to review the Copyright Modernization Act, a coalition asks for a meeting. The post Canadian Publishing Calls Out Ottawa’s Inaction appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2023-11-30 18:54:10 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#canadian publishing
#canadian government
The senior editor at Simon & Schuster, who acquired NBA finalist ‘Temple Folk’ after putting out a call for submissions on Instagram, wants to make the publishing industry more transparent and accessible. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-24 05:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#publishing industry
#simon schuster
#senior editor
In a video address to the Munich Literature Festival yesterday, the human rights activist and Booker Prize-winning author of The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy made a powerful speech in solidarity with the Gazan people, and with the millions around the world marching for a ceasefire. Roy—who... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-11-17 17:42:49 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#literature festival
#prize-winning author
#powerful speech
During News Corp’s and IAC’s latest earnings calls, the publishers reiterated their anger toward generative AI companies scraping their content without permission or payment — and what they think the next steps will be. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2023-11-17 05:01:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#news corp
World Literature Today to Co-host Online “RESISTIR Latin America” Poetry Event and Call for Peace News and Events [email protected] Mon, 10/30/2023 - 15:47 On Saturday, November 18 at 12pm cst, the “RESISTIR Groupe” of Latin American PEN Centers,... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2023-10-30 20:47:30 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#american literature
#remarkable pens
#claude couffon
#durn-barba directs
#numerous awards
#seventy books
#south america
#urgent voices
#remarkable gathering
#featured poets
#anthony seidman
#lawrence schimel
#cal paule
#colleen noland
#robin myers
#george henson
The former English professor says there has been a learning curve moving from academia to the publishing industry, but she feels energized by the challenges. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#publishing industry
#carmen gimnez
Scholastic Book Fairs will no longer offer a separate diverse voices book case. But they still fail to address many questions. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-10-25 14:12:58 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#scholastic
#book fairs
With debates over book bans growing more contentious, the education publishing company tried to find a happy medium that may not exist. Across the nation, it’s time for the Scholastic Book Fair. The beloved and nostalgia-triggering event, where kids go and pick out an armful of books to take... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2023-10-25 13:50:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#scholastic
#diverse titles
Fei-Fei Li, author of 'The Worlds I See' and co-director of Stanford's Human-Centered AI Institute, joins the L.A. Times Book Club Nov. 14. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-10-20 14:00:28 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#times book
#fei-fei li
Three organisations argue that more transparency is needed after research found AI models have been trained using pirated works by authors such as Zadie Smith and Stephen KingThree major European publishing trade bodies have urged the EU to “act now” on transparency over artificial intelligence... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-10-19 13:53:46 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#european publishing
#largest book
#book chain
#artificial intelligence
#zadie smith
#generative ai
As the bookstore chain mounts a comeback, it’s breaking a cardinal rule of corporate branding and store design: consistency. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2023-10-17 15:29:03 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#bookstore chain
United Kingdom regulators were effectively the last hurdle stopping Microsoft from purchasing Activision Blizzard, in the biggest merger the video game industry has ever seen. That hurdle was cleared this morning as the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority relented to adjusted terms.... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2023-10-13 14:10:14 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#publishing giant
#video games
#foreseeable future
More than 150 writers and industry professionals are asking the firm, which is a leading sponsor of UK literary festivals, to drop their investmentsMore than 150 authors and books industry professionals including Naomi Klein, Robert Macfarlane, Emma Dabiri and Geoff Dyer have signed a statement... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-10-13 11:35:41 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#literary festival
#sponsorship deal
#fossil fuels
#open letter
#geoff dyer
#robert macfarlane
#industry professionals
#baillie gifford
#statement calling
Sales on Amazon products continue to roll out ahead of the official start of October Prime Day on everything from Blink cameras to Kindle Scribes. The 16GB Kindle Scribe is back on sale for 22 percent off, dropping to $265 from $340. It mirrors a recent sale on the... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-10-02 14:01:15 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#kindle
#follow @engadgetdeals
#buying advice
#premium pen
#kindle store
#prime members
#kindle scribes
#official start
#kindle scribe