Save Public Libraries and Schools By Voting Down-Ballot: Book Censorship News, October 25, 2024

You have a role in saving public libraries and schools by voting. Here's where, how, and why you need to learn about your down-ballot candidates and initiatives. That, plus this week's book censorship news. Continue reading at 'Book Riot'

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Best Workplaces for Innovators 2024: Innovation Team of the Year

Led by CTO Ely Greenfield, Adobe’s digital media business team takes this year’s top honors. Continue reading at Fast Company

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2024 NBA Longlist for Young People's Literature Announced

The National Book Foundation has revealed the 2024 National Book Award longlist for Young People's Literature. The five finalists will be named on October 1, and the winner will be announced during the 75th awards ceremony on November 20 in New York City. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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2024 NBA Longlist for Young People's Literature Announced

The National Book Foundation is announcing the 2024 National Book Award longlists this week. Five finalists in each of the five categories—fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, and young people's literature—will be named October 1. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The Best Historical Fiction Books of the 21st Century (So Far)

Best Historical Fiction of the Century, New YA out this week, Neurodivergent romance novels, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot

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MSNBC Live: Like Comic-Con for News Nerds

Comic book superfans have San Diego Comic-Con. Bravo superfans have BravoCon. And now dedicated MSNBC viewers have an in-person experience to satiate their particular strain of superfandom. The network took over the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Saturday for MSNBC Live:... Continue reading at AdWeek

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Censorship Through Centuries: Rebecca L. Davis on the Long Fight for Queer Liberation

More than one hundred children and adults walked through metal detectors and past bomb-­sniffing dogs to attend Drag Queen Story Hour at a community church in northeastern Ohio in December 2022. Drag Queen Story Hour began in San Francisco in 2015 as an effort to encourage literacy and provide... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Picture Books for All Ages

We spoke with three teachers and librarians who find value in sharing illustrated books with older students. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Useless spies save Britain in the brilliant Slow Horses – what you should watch, listen to and read this week

A funny spy thriller, a classic album, a blockbuster feminist exhibition, a good book about a bad childhood and the end of our summer of sport Continue reading at The Conversation

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Big Publishers Saw Earnings Rebound in the First Half of 2024

Cost cuts and higher sales led to rises in profits at HarperCollins, Lagardère Publishing, and Penguin Random House in the first half of this year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Printing in Hong Kong and China 2024: All Our Coverage

Uncertain times and a challenging business climate have seen Hong Kong and China print manufacturers sharpening their focus on improving internal processes and end products, fostering deeper client partnerships, and embracing industry challenges and changes as the status quo. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Brief Industry Insights on Drupa 2024

Held in Düsseldorf, Germany, every four years, Drupa is the largest printing technologies exhibition in the world. This year’s event, which ran from May 28 through June 7, drew 170,000 trade visitors, 80% of whom came from overseas, and 1,643 exhibitors. Themes throughout the fair’s 18... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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This Week’s Bestsellers: September 9, 2024

Hannah Grace scores the #1 book in the country with ‘Daydream,’ book three in her Maple Hills college hockey romance series. Plus ‘Amari and the Despicable Wonders’ continues B.B. Alston’s popular middle grade fantasy series, and, just in time for back to school, ‘Feeding Littles Lunches’ offers... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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This Week’s Bestsellers: September 9, 2024

Hannah Grace scores the #1 book in the country with ‘Daydream,’ book three in her Maple Hills college hockey romance series. Plus ‘Amari and the Despicable Wonders’ continues B.B. Alston’s popular middle grade fantasy series, and, just in time for back to school, ‘Feeding Littles Lunches’ offers... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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In Brazil: IPA Signs Agreement for Ibero-American Reading and Books

As agreed at São Paulo's book fair, the International Publishers Association is working on reading and books in the Ibero-American markets. The post In Brazil: IPA Signs Agreement for Ibero-American Reading and Books appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Guadalajara Fair Names Its 2024 Indigenous and Romance Language Honorees

The two major prize-winners of the 2024 Guadalajara International Book Fair are Mia Couto and Ruperta Bautista Vázquez.  The post Guadalajara Fair Names Its 2024 Indigenous and Romance Language Honorees appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Lit Hub Daily: September 5, 2024

“I’ve never felt the presence of my own death so close to me,” writes Nahil Mohana while chronicling the toll of living with endless displacement and fear in Gaza. | Lit Hub Memoir Shannon Bowring asks, “How do you create a written world that honors the spirit of the place that inspired it while... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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An appeals court upholds a ruling that an online archive's book sharing violated copyright law

An appeals court has upheld an earlier finding that the online Internet Archive violated copyright law by scanning and sharing digital books without the publishers’ permission Continue reading at ABC News

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The week's bestselling books, Sept. 8

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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W. Paul Coates to Receive NBF's 2024 Literarian Award

The founder and publisher of Black Classics Press and BCP Digital Printing will be presented with the National Book Foundation's Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community at this year's National Book Awards ceremony. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Appeals Court Upholds Decision Against Internet Archive’s Book Scanning Program

The decision leaves only the Supreme Court left for the Internet Archive, suggesting the case may finally be winding down after years of contentious legal wrangling. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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