As Publishers Weekly reported this week, the Internet Archive, nonprofit home to a robust digital library, has lost its latest appeal in a case brought by publishers. A panel from New York’s Second Circuit “has unanimously affirmed a March 2023 lower court decision finding the Internet Archive’s program to scan and lend print library books […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
[ Literrary Hub | 2024-09-06 13:00:06 UTC ]
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The relaunch will comprise a series of reissued backlist titles and the publication of frontlist fiction. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Film and TV rights have been sold for Sam Lloyd’s The Rising Tide (Bantam Press). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-01 00:06:55 UTC ]
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Virago will publish Mean Baby, the memoir of actress Selma Blair, exploring her career, struggles with addiction, life with multiple sclerosis (MS) and advocacy alongside her role as a mother. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-26 09:44:11 UTC ]
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The latest augmented and virtual reality technology will be brought to 15 libraries across the country next summer, as part of a new project to help support libraries recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-25 11:42:41 UTC ]
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Essay Photo by Eileen Pan / Unsplash “Instead of a totalizing interpretation,” writes the author, translators should seek a dialogical one. “We have to leave space,” he writes, “for a story, an anecdote, a metaphorical footnote.” We all spend a... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2021-10-20 18:36:14 UTC ]
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William Collins has landed a book by environmental campaigner Guy Shrubsole looking at Britain's lost rainforests. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-08 15:11:28 UTC ]
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Four publishing houses were merged by Walter De Gruyter in 1923. The new digitization brought 10,000 out-of-print titles back into availability. The post Germany’s De Gruyter Completes Archive Digitization: 53,000 Titles appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-09-28 16:29:01 UTC ]
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It’s a relatively wholesome bowl of schadenfreude, but that doesn’t mean it’s good for you. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2021-09-17 20:14:07 UTC ]
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Rajika Bhandari talks about her memoir “America Calling: A Foreign Student in a Country of Possibility” and how students from other countries benefit the U.S. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2021-09-13 14:26:03 UTC ]
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“Beautiful World, Where Are You” more than lives up to the promise of its predecessors and even exceeds the hype. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-09-10 12:00:00 UTC ]
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PW talks with author and musician Deanna Witkowski about why Williams turned to Catholicism and how she created a soulful synergy of jazz and liturgical music. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-09-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Wigtown Book Festival has launched a £25,000 fundraising appeal to help secure its future following the financial challenges of Covid-19. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-31 11:52:47 UTC ]
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In ‘The Madness of Crowds,’ the sweet town of Three Pines struggles with the pandemic and its fallout. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-08-24 13:00:00 UTC ]
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OnlyFans, the platform that allows creators to sell material directly to customers, will soon implement new restrictions on the publication of adult content. Starting in October, the company will ban the sale of sexually explicit content and depictions of sexual acts. The move does not cover all... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2021-08-20 17:40:41 UTC ]
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Amazon’s oldest Kindles are being cut off from the internet. But don’t blame Amazon—these e-readers are collateral damage in the phaseout of 2G and 3G cellular service.The first two generations of Kindle e-readers used a cellular antenna to connect to the internet for downloading content.... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2021-08-18 16:45:00 UTC ]
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The stories in The Rock Eaters often have an elastic relationship with reality, familiar political landscapes or emotional struggles warped by the uncanny. Some stories fall more explicitly within the bounds of science fiction or fantasy, but most show us a world nearly known, but not quite. In... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2021-08-13 11:00:00 UTC ]
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There’s something about literary sisters. Siblings offer a unique, complex, and compelling relationship for novelists to explore, so it’s no surprise that so many novels have sisters at their heart. From Jane Austen’s loveable Bennett sisters in Pride and Prejudice, and Louisa May Alcott’s... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-08-13 08:49:04 UTC ]
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How do you make a book about bookstores even better? With a little romance, of course! Prepare to swoon over these bookstore romances, including Meet Cute Club by Jack Harbon. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2021-08-11 10:36:00 UTC ]
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It could have been soccer or tap dancing, it could have been Dungeons & Dragons or Model United Nations, but for editor Halimah Marcus and the contributors of the new anthology Horse Girls: Recovering, Aspiring, and Devoted Riders Redefine the Iconic Bond, what stamped them most profoundly... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2021-08-04 11:00:00 UTC ]
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In her latest Graphic Content column, Hillary Chute looks at new books from Kristen Radtke and Lizzy Stewart, as well as a first graphic novel from Anne Carson. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-07-29 09:00:05 UTC ]
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