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New York Public Libraries Warn of a ‘Staggering’ Crisis With Infrastructure – Some of the New York Public libraries are in physical crisis. The libraries consist of the New York Public Libraries, plus the Brooklyn and Queens systems, all of which are among the biggest public library systems in the ... more >
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Mixed Results for Bricks-and-Mortar Stores with Digital Content – Many independent bookstores have been making a comeback, in large part from the strength of print books. However, according to this article, when it comes to digital, the brick and mortar bookselling industry has not figured out exactly what their place ... more >
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Second Circuit Hears Google Books Case – Yesterday was the day for oral arguments in the appeals case Authors Guild has brought in the hopes of reversing the lower court’s summary judgment against them. Arguments apparently went to 90 minutes, 60 over the allotted time, but the fact that the ... more >
Letters of Opinionableism / appropriation / genre critique / mental health / representation63 Comments
[themify_box style=”light-yellow rounded ” ]Kris used to review and blog on book related things before RL intervened in big, scary ways. Now she tends to somewhat vaguely hang out on Twitter, comment *very* infrequently on reading matters that pique her interest and talk about her mental health journey on tumblr ... more >