Author James Patterson is donating £50,000 to a new prize that will fund school libraries. The World Book Day Award, launched today (9th January), offers schools in the UK and Ireland the chance to win money to buy books from local bookshops to stock their libraries. Six lump sums are on up for grabs: £10,000 for the winning school; £5,000 for second place; and three lots of £3,000 for those in joint-third place. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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More than 1,000 library staff will lose their jobs in the next 12 months, according to a new... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Croydon Council has chosen the private company it wants to run its 13 libraries, with John... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Politicians have backed the Reading Agency's Six Book Challenge in an attempt to improve... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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A book on the the political uprisings in the Middle East has won an English PEN Award for... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The largest children’s library in Mexico—Biblioteca BS-IBBY México—in Mexico City boasts some 25,000 titles, of which more than 3,000 are in digital format. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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In Latin America, ebooks are a huge opportunity for governments to provide their citizens with access to quality content while overcoming the problem of distribution. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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Bloomsbury has been forced to pulp 6,000 copies of a novel after wrongly labelling it as the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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John McCullough's poetry collection Frost Fairs has won the Polari First Book Prize 2012.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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An exposé of doping in professional cycling has won the William Hill Sports Book of the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Sarah Hall and Jean Sprackland have been named the 2012 winners of the Portico Prize for... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Library campaigners have called government plans to scrap equalities assessments and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Newcastle City Council has announced plans to close 10 of its 18 libraries as it looks to make... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has appointed Yinnon Ezra MBE as a part-time advisor... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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UK libraries are under pressure to deliver ebooks, but evolving technology standards, limited budgets and low demand mean general uncertainty clouds its future. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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OverDrive surveyed library users and found they buy an average of 3.2 books (both print and ebooks) each month, with 35% buying after borrowing. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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Penguin will refresh its ebook lending system later today, according to a report from the New York Times. The publisher will start lending out its titles in Los Angeles and Cleveland, mimicking the program that trialled (despite some DRM issues) in New York. Public library users can even expect... Continue reading at Engadget
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Penguin has bought the Puffin Book Club back from The Book People. The club was originally... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The third National Libraries Day will run on Saturday 9th February 2013. A proposal to shift... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Tim Godfray, chief executive of the Booksellers Association, has backed the stance taken by House... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Jamie Oliver's new cookbook has climbed to the top of the official book charts, scoring the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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