Lincolnshire library campaigners get judicial review go-ahead

A full judicial review into Lincolnshire's library cuts has been given the go ahead by the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chancellor 'to promise business rates review'

George Osborne is to pledge to overhaul business rates in a review in his Autumn Statement later today (3rd December). The Chancellor is expected to announce a review of business rates in the pre-budget statement in the House of Commons at 12.30pm, although it won’t be completed until early 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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£1m auction for Kensal Rise Library building

The Kensal Rise Library building is up for auction this month, with a guide price of £1.15m. Although planning permission has been granted to convert the majority of space in the building into flats, it still has a dedicated space on the ground floor earmarked for community use, which the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ASCEL: 'public libraries can help children with digital'

Public libraries have a vital role in helping children navigate the digital landscape, the Association of Senior Children's and Education Librarians (ASCEL) said in a report issued today (2nd December). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus launches Christmas book-giving campaign

Quercus has launched a Christmas campaign to celebrate the joy of giving and receiving books. As part of the Greatest Gift campaign, 15 key bloggers and BookTubers will upload a post explaining why they think books are the greatest gift to give. Each Greatest Gift “blog tour partner” will also... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Integrating Libraries and Bookstores: In Theory

Deborah Emin, publisher of Sullivan Street Press, offers a theoretical plan for saving bookstores and making libraries more robust. The post Integrating Libraries and Bookstores: In Theory appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bay Area Book Fest Launches Indiegogo Campaign

The Bay Area Book Festival, set for June 6-7, is launching an Indiegogo campaign to raise $50,000 to support their first festival in Berkeley. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Strange Beauty of Murkami’s “The Strange Library”

The hardcover edition of Haruki Murakami’s new short novel, The Strange Library, earned raves from for both the text and the design. The post The Strange Beauty of Murkami’s “The Strange Library” appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Campaign group launches 'Amazon Free' shopping guide

Independent booksellers and WH Smith feature on an “alternative” shopping guide for Christmas created by campaign group Amazon Anonymous. The group has teamed up with Ethical Consumer to create an alternative shopping guide for those who have signed up to its “Amazon Free Challenge” – in which... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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DMP Tries New Tezuka Kickstarter After Failed Campaign

After the failure of an ambitious Kickstarter campaign organized by Digital Manga Publishing to release the backlist of the late manga artist Osamu Tezuka, DMP has reconfigured its publishing program and plans to release the books over 20 years instead of Five years. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple, DoJ Spar Ahead of December E-book Appeal

With an appeal date approaching, attorneys for Apple and the DoJ traded fire over whether Judge Denise Cote improperly weighed the evidence presented to her. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Russell Brand: 'schools without libraries are a disgrace'

Russell Brand described schools without a library as a "disgrace", and said public libraries closures were driven by a "fundamentalist philosophy of profit", in an entertaining and enthusiastically received Reading Agency Lecture last night (Tuesday 25th November). The comedian and author told... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Patterson in Obama books campaign

James Patterson has launched a campaign in the US to persuade President Barack Obama to draw attention to the importance of reading. The campaign, which has the hashtag #SaveOurBooks on Twitter, asks people to sign a petition, write to their politicians, spread to word on social media and find... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary Review launches digital archive

Literary Review has launched a digital archive of all of its issues over the last 35 years for app and print subscribers. The digital archive ha been launched in conjunction with the announcement that all print subscribers to the magazine will also gain free access to the digital edition of the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jeff Smith, Billy Ireland Library Plan New Ohio Comics Show

The new show, Cartoon Crossroads Columbus, will launch with a two-day show in Columbus, Ohio in 2015 and transition to an annual four-day comics festival in Fall 2016. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Proffitt awarded London Library accolade

Penguin Press publishing director Stuart Proffitt has won the London Library Life in Literature Award for his contribution to publishing, with the judges deeming him "the pre-eminent editor of non-fiction working in the UK today." The £10,000 prize is given each year by the London Library,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House launches #GiveaBook campaign

Through the campaign, the publisher will donate a book to the organization Save the Children every time someone uses the hashtag online. Penguin Random House will make donations up to 25,000 times. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vaizey accused of 'offloading responsibility' on libraries

A parliamentary debate on libraries descended into "personal attacks" between libraries minister Ed Vaizey and shadow communities and local government minister Lyn Brown. Speaking at a Westminster Hall debate on public libraries yesterday (19th December), Brown, a Labour MP for West Ham,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S Expands Library E-book Lending

The publisher is opening up its ebook lending program to all libraries. Previously, the S&S catalog was available only to those libraries participating in the house's “Buy It Now” merchandising program. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Crowd-funded A to Z promotes diverse role of libraries

A group of librarians have launched a new crowd-funded project called the Library A to Z, designed to promote the role of public libraries. More than 150 backers, as well sponsor the Library Campaign, backed the Library A to Z on crowd-funding site Kickstarter, raising more than £4,500, twice... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BiblioBoard, Bestselling Authors Partner on Library E-books

Dubbed the “Indie Rock Stars” module, the program will launch with the participation of some 90 authors, and will include at least 18 New York Times bestselling books and more than 30 award-winning novels. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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