Knopf turns 100 at a grand New York party

Two white Borzoi hounds greeted the hundreds and hundreds of guests ascending the majestic marble rain-slicked steps of the New York Public Library Thursday (1st October) night, come to join chairman and editor-in-chief Sonny Mehta celebrate the hundredth anniversary of Alfred A. Knopf. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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French author Alice Zeniter has won the eye-popping €100,000 Dublin Literary Award.

The Art of Losing (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) by French novelist Alice Zeniter has won the prestigious Dublin Literary Award, a prize which comes with a handsome glass trophy and the world’s largest purse for a single novel published in English—a whopping €100,000. Nominations for the Dublin... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Inside Hearst UK’s multi-pronged approach to third-party cookie replacements

Hearst UK's Ryan Buckley and Faye Turner are testing everything from 50,000-person panels to clean rooms. The post Inside Hearst UK’s multi-pronged approach to third-party cookie replacements appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

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‘I almost got hit’: the Ukrainian journalists turned war correspondents overnight

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Why the wheels of human history seemed to turn faster for some

Oded Galor examines the drivers of progress and innovation, and the reasons for inequality. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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Malcolm Nance, TV pundit turned fighter in Ukraine: ‘I believe in the defense of democracy’

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How the Book Industry Turns Its Own Racism into a Marketable Product

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The New York Public Library makes four banned books free nationwide on its e-reader app

The New York Public Library made four banned books available nationwide on SimplyE, its free-reader app. The titles include Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi and Catcher in the... Continue reading at Engadget

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Amy Winehouse’s library will be on display at the New York Antiquarian Book Fair.

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Shannon Bream's Bible stories are turning Fox News Books into a publishing force

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Delia Ephron writes rom-coms. Then her life turned into one.

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New York City Libraries End Late Fees, and the Treasures Roll In

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Toy Fair New York Makes a Move to Fall

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How to Watch Reyna Grande discuss 'A Ballad of Love and Glory'

Reyna Grande joins the L.A. Times Book Club to discuss 'A Ballad of Love and Glory,' which focuses on an overlooked chapter of U.S. history. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Reyna Grande wants her new novel to help us rethink the term 'invasion'

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Her heart was broken — so she turned to science

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The New York Book Forum, a nonprofit organization focused on expanding connections between the book industry and the general public and encouraging literacy, has formed less than two months after the Book Industry Guild of New York shut its doors after 97 years. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Knopf to Publish Two by Cormac McCarthy in the Fall

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