Among the headlines this week: No, Libraries Are Not Dying; The Most Popular Library Reads of 2017; and Dewey's Checkered Past. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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To coincide with the opening of the new San Diego Central Library, the Library Shop, which is situated in the new building, timed its launch for September 30, 2013. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon-owned audiobook seller Audible has bought rights to 5,000 of AudioGO's titles.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Collaboration between libraries and publishers in the only way forwards, panellists argued at The... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Residents of Lafourche Parish in Louisiana recently voted down a proposal that would have used money currently going to local libraries to build a new prison. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Follett lays off 570 bookstore employees and more in this week's publishing news briefs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a role that's still being defined, bestselling author James Patterson will be working to encourage reading with kids and families, Publishers Weekly reports.Bestselling author James Patterson was named a champion at the Library of Congress this week -- the first-ever Champion of its Young... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Most successful content sites are monetizing with sheer volume now, but Pitchfork is betting there's still a place for lean-back engagement. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2013-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Library campaigners in Scotland are taking legal action in an attempt to keep libraries in Moray... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sheryl Sandberg helped Facebook post some insane numbers: after their IPO debacle of May 2012, shares have gone up 140% in the past year, to about $50. As Miguel Helft writes for Fortune, that's partly due to the company's reorganization around mobile, which critics once bashed them for being... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2013-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vintage Classics will publish a third book by Stoner author John Williams in January 2014.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Library campaigners have reacted angrily to new government guidance which offers advice for... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Neil Gaiman has said that closing libraries is "like stopping vaccinations", and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Merit trumped politics this year when modest, retiring, universally admired Canadian author Alice Munro received the Nobel Prize in Literature. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dan Jarvis MP has left his post as shadow libraries minister as the result of a Labour party... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Whether following from abroad or tweeting from the conferences, here are the essential hashtags for The Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ten library services around the country will receive a share of £450,000 designed to help... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The New York Public Library recently discovered a treasure trove of video games in its archives created by psychedelic evangelist Timothy Leary. Over 375 floppies (talk about flashbacks) containing a "dozen or so" games developed by the LSD-advocate in the '80s -- some are playable via emulation... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For digital publishers, effectively harnessing data can turn a large but poorly understood audience into the targets advertisers covet, or help predict when certain consumers will be most likely to buy. The Weather Company has figured this out -- noticing that drops in summer temperatures, for... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2013-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In Mexico City librarians from Colombia, Mexico and Spain agreed there remained numerous challenges to libraries offering digital content and lending ebooks. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Randolph County Board of Education recently voted to ban Ralph Ellison's 1952 novel from libraries. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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