CILIP member Andy Richardson has called on the organisation to oppose the “amateurisation” of public library services. Richardson said that allowing library services to be run by volunteers in the local community with little or no funding for professional or paid library staff, proposed by many local authorities throughout the country, including Southampton and Birmingham, would result in its 'amateurisation'. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Over 40 authors including Alan Gibbons, Cathy Cassidy and Michael Rosen have backed a protest against the current UK school system following the "deeply disturbing" findings of a poll which suggested more than half of teachers are thinking of quitting. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why must library patrons wait for weeks to read the latest bestsellers when there are so man more great books to discover? The post Can Curation Help Libraries Break Out of Frontlist Dependency? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Touting strong early performances of its Carousel ads, Instagram has opened up the option to buy the multi-photo campaigns through its self-service interfaces. Carousel lets marketers use up to five still images in a single ad, as viewers can swipe through them like virtual magazine pages. ... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2015-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Scottish Poetry Library is set to reopen to the public tomorrow (29th October) following an “extensive” £380,000 renovation. The cabinet secretary for Europe, culture and external affairs, Fiona Hyslop, will officially open the library alongside the National Poet of Scotland, Liz Lochhead,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Martin Amis has criticised Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn as “undereducated”, “humourless” and “slow-minded”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Yorker editor on the magazine’s magic formula, a new weekly radio show – and caution over Facebook contentDavid Remnick is meant to be talking about the New Yorker’s weekly radio show, which launched this weekend. Yet his answer to my opening gambit, asking why the venerable weekly is going... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has launched Curious World, a kids' digital subscription service offering access to "playful learning" content for $9.99 per month. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Walt Disney will next month launch a an app-based subscription service in the UK, offering books as well as films, TV and music, for £9.99 per month, called DisneyLife. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins defends book as a work of ‘impeccable scholarship’ after the Hughes estate accuses author Jonathan Bate of factual inaccuracyThe publisher of Jonathan Bate’s controversial biography of Ted Hughes has hit back after an attack on the work’s accuracy by the late poet’s widow, saying... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The World Book Day Award 2016 (WoBoD), funded by James Patterson, is offering school libraries the chance to win up to £10,000 of new books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A content-centric approach is the key to resolving accessibility issues for publishers, says Kevin Burns, senior v-p of content solutions. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-book lending in libraries has its challenges, but as the explosion of new players, platforms, and service providers in the field suggests, it is on the upswing. How do you choose which ebook lending service is best for your library? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picador is to publish a new novel by Jessie Burton called The Muse in July 2016. Set in 1930s Spain and 1960s London, The Muse is the story of a young Caribbean immigrant, a bohemian artist and the mysterious painting that connects them across the decades. Francesca Main at Picador acquired... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lambeth Unison has condemned Lambeth Council plans to keep three libraries open by turning them into health centres. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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3M has sold its North American and global library businesses—including 3M Cloud Library, 3M’s upstart ebook lending service—to global library solutions company Bibliotheca. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When Tsutaya Bookstores partnered with the Takeo Library, the result was a stunning building that left only enough money to stock it with cast off books. The post In Japan, a Gorgeous Library Leads to Garbage Books appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple began offering its three-month-old music streaming service as well as movies and electronic books in China on Wednesday, promising a library of content geared toward its most important market outside of the U.S.Apple Music, the iPhone maker's answer to streaming services Spotify and... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers are urged to offer schools access to the great works of English literature at low cost by the Education Secretary. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2015-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kirklees Council has approved plans to close two libraries and cut 88 jobs, The Huddersfield Daily Examiner has reported. The council’s cabinet members have “reluctantly” agreed to a “huge cost-cutting shake-up” which will see only eight of its current 26 libraries fully controlled and opening... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oyster, one of the first and most prominent ebook subscription services, is shutting down, with much of its team moving on to Google Play Books. The post Ebook Sub Service Oyster Closing Shop, Google Takes Its Talent appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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