Among the week's headlines: a good election night for libraries meant a bad one for book banners; a national teachers group met with Scholastic leaders over the company's abandoned program to segregate diverse books; and librarians fired for defending the freedom to read headed to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to fight back. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, July 21, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2024-07-17 13:00:25 UTC ]
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After topping $2 billion for the first time in 2021, sales of comics and graphic novels in North American fell 7% in 2023, to $1.87 billion, according to estimates from 'ICv2.' Despite the decline, sales remained well above 2019 levels. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Scary short stories, grief and the afterlife, and more of this week's new YA releases in hardcover and in paperback. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-07-15 15:15:00 UTC ]
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The NYT's best books of the century so far, romance bookstores are on the rise, and more publishing industry news. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-07-14 15:00:00 UTC ]
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Dive into this double dose of new science fiction and fantasy releases out this week. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-07-12 16:15:00 UTC ]
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The FanDuel sports book took bets on some mixed martial arts fights on April 1, 2022 Continue reading at ABC News
[ ABC News | 2024-07-10 19:26:18 UTC ]
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The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, July 14, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2024-07-10 13:00:26 UTC ]
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Read your way into the excellent new YA books in hardcover and paperback hitting shelves this week. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-07-08 15:30:00 UTC ]
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Books by Sarah J. Maas and Rebecca Yarros, among the bestselling books of 2024 so far, sparked a huge increase in the adult fantasy category and helped keep print sales roughly flat with the first half of 2023. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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As the world’s largest independent seller of new and used books, ThriftBooks is known to customers as the place to purchase affordable books and locate hard-to-find titles. But the online retailer also plays another important role: helping libraries raise significant funds from unneeded books.... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling books of the week, the indie bookstore shipping LGBTQ titles to states where they're banned, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-07-06 15:00:00 UTC ]
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From richly detailed fantasies to silly early reader graphic novels that will make kids laugh, there’s something for every reader on this list of July children’s book releases. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-07-05 10:30:00 UTC ]
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Bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe sells a new souther epic to Morrow, Hillary Clinton’s new memoir goes to Simon & Schuster, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, July 1, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2024-07-03 13:00:12 UTC ]
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New YA books hitting shelves this week in hardcover and paperback for your holiday week reading delight. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-07-01 15:30:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Prime built its popularity by offering subscribers faster free shipping, access to streaming movies and TV shows, and exclusive deals (most noticeably during the company’s Prime Day dealfest, coming again July 16 and 17). But Prime membership includes other perks, too: Everything... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2024-07-01 13:28:52 UTC ]
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The bestselling books of the week, the best historical fiction of 2024 so far, book banning updates, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-06-29 15:00:00 UTC ]
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As the saying goes, you know you’ve fucked up when the librarians start protesting—and while New York City makes a sport out of hating its mayors, current problematic mayor Eric Adams really stepped in it when he announced cuts to the city’s libraries in the mid-year budget last fall. As we... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2024-06-28 14:01:00 UTC ]
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In an era before public libraries and widespread public education, the first U.S. union knew their importance. That, plus this week's book censorship news. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-06-28 13:00:00 UTC ]
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The latest IMLS data show library visits are half what they were a decade ago—where is the response from library leaders? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
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