A full judicial review into Lincolnshire's library cuts has been given the go ahead by the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Mon, 14/11/2011 - 15:15 The Teeside village of Great Ayton is proposing a tax increase in the parish precept in order to save its library, threatened by North Yorkshire county council (NYCC) funding cuts. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Fri, 11/11/2011 - 07:33 Blackwell and Waterstone's have unveiled two charity campaigns in the run-up to Christmas. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Thu, 10/11/2011 - 11:05 Over a fifth of North Yorkshire county council's library staff are set to lose their jobs as part of plans to hand branches over to community groups to run, according to a report in the Yorkshire Post. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Tue, 08/11/2011 - 13:00 Brent council has backtracked on a claim that no local resident is further than 1.5 miles from a library despite six of the borough's libraries closing, according to a report in today's London Evening Standard. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Internet retailer's complete collection of Prime Lending Library books for Kindle devices is online and accessible from any Web browser. Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2011-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Lisa Campbell, Graeme Neill and Philip Stone Publication Date: Fri, 04/11/2011 - 10:27 W H Smith has fired the starting pistol for festive promotions, with Waterstones, Amazon.co.uk, Blackwell, John Smith and Foyles following hot on their heels as 1st November saw the switch-on of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Fri, 04/11/2011 - 14:36 The High Court ruling on the challenge to library closures in Gloucestershire and Somerset will be given next Wednesday 9th November. The judgment, to be handed down by Judge McKenna at the Royal Courts of Justice in London,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon.com announced the launch of an ebook lending library for Kindle users, that allows Amazon Prime members to borrow books for free, as frequently as a book... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2011-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 03/11/2011 - 09:54 Amazon.com has launched a lending library for US Kindle owners with Prime membership today (3rd November), after signing deals on a variety of terms with publishers. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Wed, 02/11/2011 - 14:09 The latest annual statistics for the public library service show further falls in overall usage of the service amid a continuing decline in spending. Both the number of library "service points" on offer and the number of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Wed, 02/11/2011 - 08:00 Two libraries due to close in Doncaster have been given a temporary stay of execution. Last month the council announced it was withdrawing funding from 14 of its 26 libraries. The council's Labour group argued the mayor's... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Tue, 01/11/2011 - 09:25 Suffolk County Council is proposing setting up a charitable trust to run its 44 libraries. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Mon, 31/10/2011 - 14:00 The appeal hearing into the closure of six Brent libraries is scheduled to take place next week. A start date of 10th November has been listed for the hearing, which will take place at the Court of Appeal at the Royal Courts... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Mon, 31/10/2011 - 12:55 Amazon has begun its UK festive promotion today (31st October), opening a Christmas store and revealing Steve Jobs biography is one of customers most wished-for items. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller
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In the Internet age, theres been no shortage of talk about the future of libraries, and much speculation about where libraries fit in the increasingly digital-rich media market for American consumers. Now, there is data. This month Library Journal released the first issue of a quarterly... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 26/10/2011 - 09:04 Publishers Association chief executive Richard Mollet will be among the panel giving evidence to the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee next week on the Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 26/10/2011 - 09:15 Secretary of state Jeremy Hunt will be presented with a petition of more than 12,000 signatures tomorrow (27th October), demanding he intervenes to reverse the closure of six libraries in Brent, north London. Hunt has remained... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 26/10/2011 - 13:03 The Office of Fair Trading has cleared Amazon to take over The Book Depository, ruling the merger would not lead to a lessening of competition within the UK book industry. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Mon, 24/10/2011 - 09:30 Northern Lights author Philip Pullman has launched an attack on the government's library policy, telling campaigners they were fighting a "war against stupidity", and criticising Brent council for "political bullshit" over... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Mon, 24/10/2011 - 08:15 Publisher Bloomsbury has organised a series of author events at Kensington Central Library for the first months of 2012. The Bloomsbury Season will see events with Anna Reid and Lady Antonia Fraser held in January, with Man... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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