Penguin Random House chair Gail Rebuck has spoken up for libraries in the House of Lords, citing research that found they save the NHS £27.5m a year in reduced GP visits. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Top-visibility Authors Guild members join with Amazon Publishing and Penguin Random House in a suit alleging KISS is pirating a wide range of books. The post Grisham, Child, Amazon, PRH Headline Lawsuit of KISS Library for Piracy appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-07-08 14:52:12 UTC ]
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A report commissioned by the Publishers Association says that during the COVID-19 lockdown, UK children listened to audiobooks, arguing to end their VAT. The post UK’s National Literary Trust Research Finds Benefits of Audiobooks for Kids appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-07-06 15:29:18 UTC ]
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Arts Council England and the British Library are among collaborators participating in Reading Together Day, scheduled to take place on 16th July. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-06 10:30:56 UTC ]
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Buzzy original series may drive attention to streaming services, but the bulk of most major streamers' programming catalogs are their libraries of licensed TV shows. And those licensed titles often account for the highest-quality content available on the service, according to data from streaming... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2020-07-02 10:30:51 UTC ]
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Steps for starting an online library book club, or converting an existing one that’s been on hiatus, while we wait for the ability to meet in person again. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-06-26 10:39:54 UTC ]
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The London Library has announced the 40 participants of its early career writing development programme, as the library plans its reopening for 6th July. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-25 01:17:13 UTC ]
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OverDrive—the digital learning platform for libraries and schools—has announced it is acquiring RBmedia's library business. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-24 09:38:04 UTC ]
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The Library Campaign has called for the government to do more to secure the facilities' future after the Covid-19 crisis. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-23 21:52:04 UTC ]
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As libraries begin to reopen around the country, patrons are excited to get back to borrowing books—but they’re also still nervous about COVID-19, which is understandable. At least some of them have been “getting creative” in their attempts to protect themselves, prompting at least one public... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-06-23 18:08:53 UTC ]
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Combining OverDrive's market-leading platform with RBmedia's exclusive content represents a major new wrinkle in the digital library market: RBmedia is a major producer of audiobooks with a catalog of more than 45,000 exclusive titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Libraries in England will be able to reopen from 4th July as the country's lockdown measures continue to ease, Boris Johnson has announced. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-22 22:02:41 UTC ]
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Nosy Crow has acquired Granny Came to England on the Empire Windrush by Patrice Lawrence. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-21 14:26:59 UTC ]
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No question, librarians are expert book marketers in their communities. But where too many librarians come up short is in communicating the impact and value of their efforts back to publishers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Schools and libraries have been closed for months, but some kids aren’t going to get away with playing video games all summer. Kelly Passek -- a middle school librarian in Montgomery County, Virginia -- is sending out summer reading via drones. After... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2020-06-12 18:18:26 UTC ]
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Safely lending books is just the beginning. Libraries are figuring out everything from how to remain welcoming spaces to how to respond to changing reader behavior. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-06-11 09:00:22 UTC ]
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A Cincinnati startup that creates software to aid school systems beat giants like Scholastic, LexisNexis, Encyclopedia Britannica and Lego Education to win a rigorously judged national award that its CEO hopes will help propel the company into more schools. Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2020-06-10 17:11:55 UTC ]
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On June 7, 2019, I got off a plane to a frantic voice mail from my friend, Michelle. I was in the middle of the book tour for No Visible Bruises, with people spilling out their stories of domestic violence to me in book signing lines; I had come to both love and dread these […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-06-10 08:48:03 UTC ]
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From mental illnesses to physical disabilities, new books from religion publishers explore how marginalized people are treated in churches and what faith communities can do to help. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
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IN 1984, George Ramsden, a 30-year-old British bookseller who had never read anything by Edith Wharton, bought her personal library for $80,000. He kept the books in a room above his bookshop where he would invite select visitors to view them by asking if they wanted to come up and see “Edith.”... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books
[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-06-08 12:30:25 UTC ]
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The UK's Save Our Libraries campaign, spearheaded by librarians and authors, began nearly 10 years ago - but has it achieved its goal of stopping closures? Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-06-08 10:31:39 UTC ]
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