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July 13, 2016

Wednesday News: Librarian of Congress vote, “book deserts,” Tor eBook Club, and paleo pets

JanetPublishing NewsALA / book deserts / childrens-books / free ebooks / History / Librarian of Congress / paleontology / SFF / Tor5 Comments

Anonymous Republicans Blocking Librarian of Congress Vote – In a major WTF move, an “anonymous Republican hold” now keeps Carla Hayden from a final Senate confirmation vote. What is particularly odd about this situation is that Hayden has had absolutely no difficulty getting to this late stage of the process, and the ... more >

July 6, 2016

Wednesday News: ALA, Ashley Madison, books bought and sold

JanetPublishing NewsALA / Ashley Madison / Libraries / old manuscripts / science / upcoming releases1 Comments

Librarians Celebrate Diversity at ALA 2016 – Publishers Weekly’s summary post for the recent American Library Association conference, which was held this year in Orlando and focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Speakers included Michael Eric Dyson, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Viet Than Nguyen, who received the Carnegie Award for Excellence in ... more >

September 29, 2015

Tuesday News: Banned Books Week, blurbs, books in the visual arts, and Neil deGrasse Tyson’s book recs

JanetPublishing NewsALA / Artists / Banned-Books / book blurbs / book recommendations / genre / Libraries / visual arts1 Comments

Celebrating the Freedom to Read: Sept. 27- Oct. 3, 2015 – A piece of clickbait from Slate reminded me yesterday that this week is Banned Books Week. After the few seconds during which I lamented the deterioration of Slate (and Salon – what the ever loving hell happened there?!), I found ... more >

July 1, 2014

Tuesday News: Online book sales outpacing brick and mortar, notes on the ALA Conference, is new content killing journalism?, and Hobby Lobby’s purity standard

JanetPublishing NewsALA / bookstores / Carnegie Medal / conferences / digital books / gender / journalism / Libraries / sexism / writing25 Comments

US book publishers are making more through online sales than physical stores – Not only have audiobooks increased in popularity over the past year, but the 2013 joint report by the Association of American Publishers and the Book Industry Study Group (link to the report in the article) indicates that ... more >

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