The Week in Libraries: August 2, 2024

Among the week's headlines: a new EveryLibrary report explores the threat to libraries posed by the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025; Maggie Tokuda-Hall weighs in on book bans for 'Book Riot'; and a mother and TikToker in Idaho details her experience with the state's new harmful to minors law. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst Autos Flaunts Its New Look at New York Fashion Week

Hearst Autos used an old school marketing method this week to tout its new look, with an eye-catching newsstand pop-up plopped in the middle of New York Fashion Week. Execs began rolling out Hearst Autos' new look, which is intended to "simplify" the brand, in June, said chief marketing officer... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2019-09-11 15:07:03 UTC ]
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August Religion Bestsellers: Daily Readings Dominate; ‘Overcomer’ Takes #1

Four devotionals, including Sarah Young’s classic 2004 ‘Jesus Calling,’ made the top 10 on PW’s Religion Nonfiction bestsellers list; 'Overcomer' tops as the new film of the same name debuts in theaters. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Librarians Launch National Campaign to Oppose Macmillan’s Library E-book Embargo

“ALA’s goal is to send a clear message to Macmillan CEO John Sargent,” said ALA executive director Mary Ghikas, announcing the launch of a national e-book advocacy campaign. "Libraries have millions of allies out there, and we’re inviting them to take action.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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New York Fashion Week gets a fashionable pop-up newsstand

Ad Age’s Launch Pad offers brief looks at new products and activations of interest to marketers and media people. At a time when newsstands in New York City are either shrinking or shutting down (and turning into garish vape shops when they do), the media capital of the world just got a... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-09-10 17:20:34 UTC ]
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Why It Matters That Amazon Shipped Margaret Atwood’s “The Testaments” a Week Early

Back in May, I signed an embargo agreement on behalf of my bookstore stating that I would “ensure that [The Testaments by Margaret Atwood] is stored in a monitored and locked, secured area and not placed on the selling floor prior to the on-sale date.” The idea behind such agreements is that... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2019-09-06 11:00:49 UTC ]
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How Little Free Libraries Inspired Little Free Pantries: Critical Linking, September 6, 2019

An awesome daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2019-09-06 10:30:08 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of September 9, 2019

Sarah Huckabee Sanders sells her story, a book on the Jeffrey Epstein case is nabbed by HC, a webcomic finds a home at Scholastic, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Print Units Dipped 0.8% at The End of August

Some softness in adult nonfiction was enough to drive down sales of print units 0.8% for the week ended Aug. 31, 2019, compared to the similar week in 2018, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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This Week's Bestsellers: September 9, 2019

Louise Penny has the #2 book in the country with ‘A Better Man,’ book 15 in her Chief Inspector Gamache mysteries. Plus ‘Eleanor & Park’ author Rainbow Rowell and cartoonist Faith Erin Hicks collaborate on the graphic novel ‘Pumpkinheads,’ and ob/gyn and NYT columnist Jen Gunter debuts with... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Weekly E-Ranking: The Holiday is a bankable success

T M Logan has claimed the Weekly E-Book Ranking number one spot for a third week in total. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-06 03:12:16 UTC ]
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Amazon US delivers pre-order copies of The Testaments a week early

https://www.thebookseller.com/news/atwood-star-global-cinema-event-six-string-uk-tour-970551Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments has been sent out to some readers a week before publication due to “retailer error”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-04 14:55:27 UTC ]
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Harry Potter removed from Tennessee Catholic school library

A Catholic school in Tennessee has removed the Harry Potter books from its library after the school's priest decided they could cause a reader to conjure evil spirits. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-09-03 12:14:12 UTC ]
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What we're reading August 2019

Lowborn by Kerry HudsonKerry Hudson is best known for her award-winning fiction. Her first book, Tony Hogan Bought Me An Ice-cream Float Before He Stole My Ma, won the Scottish First Book Award and earned her a place on the Granta Best of Young British Novelists list. Her latest book, Lowborn,... Continue reading at British Council global

[ British Council global | 2019-08-30 08:51:45 UTC ]
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Print Unit Sales Rose 1.2% In Late August

Unit sales of print books rose 1.2% in the week ended Aug. 24, 2019, compared to the similar week in 2018, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Weekly E-Book Ranking: The Holiday basks in the number one spot

T M Logan's The Holiday (Zaffre) has jetted into the Weekly E-Ranking number one spot, displacing Adam Kay's This is Going to Hurt (Picador) a week after the junior doctor memoir achieved the longest ever run in the chart top spot.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-29 14:51:37 UTC ]
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What the ‘Resistance Library’ shows us about America’s struggles today

A new series of works by Milgram, Kierkegaard, Hoffer, Fromm and Nietzsche reveal the dangers of -isms. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-08-28 16:50:21 UTC ]
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Libraries Connected launches training scheme to tackle lack of diversity

Libraries Connected has secured £342,000 in funding from Arts Council England to develop a new training programme supporting potential female and BAME leaders. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-28 11:24:48 UTC ]
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The Most Popular Under The Radar Books In Libraries: Spring/Summer 2019

Curious about the most popular books in libraries that maybe are under the radar? Dig into the data that Panorama Picks offers up for Spring circulation. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2019-08-28 10:33:14 UTC ]
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Essex library campaigners prepare for action as 1,600 back petition to stop volunteer service

Library campaigners in Essex are gearing up for a county wide day of action next month, as more than 1,600 people sign a petition against plans for volunteers to run some facilities.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-28 05:47:04 UTC ]
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South African Book Fair and Book Week: Toward a Reading Culture

The Book Development Council is readying its 2019 National Book Week, South African Book Fair and national indigenous language festivals. The post South African Book Fair and Book Week: Toward a Reading Culture appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-08-28 05:30:32 UTC ]
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