Digital Book World 2023: The future of AI writing and audio
Digital Book World, a conference focusing on publishing innovation, offered insight into how technologists, and some publishers, are planning to implement AI into their workflow. Asked about AI and...
View ArticleYA author Meg Medina is the country's first Latina ambassador for young...
The Library of Congress named Meg Medina the national ambassador for young people's literature for 2023-24. Medina is the first Hispanic named to the position, which will take her around the country...
View ArticleLittle Free Library launches Indigenous Library Program
Little Free Library continues to fulfill its mission of providing access to books to underserved communities. Its latest initiative, the Indigenous Library Program, which launches this spring, will...
View ArticleHarperCollins, striking workers agree to federal mediation
HarperCollins Publishers and the union representing some 250 striking employees have agreed to enter into federal mediation, the first sign of a possible settlement since the work stoppage began in...
View ArticleThis woman combats a White-dominated book industry by printing her own
Native Washingtonian Kelsea Johnson realized many of the stories she was exposed to through books, TV shows and movies did not resonate with her lived experiences. When a story did center a person...
View ArticleI'm a Florida teacher who's been forced to cover up the books in my...
This year I'm teaching government and economics. I've taught just about every subject in social studies over the course of my 38-year career. I love teaching. And I love it every day. Florida Governor...
View ArticleHarperCollins USA cuts 5% of workforce
HarperCollins, which laid off a "small number" of workers last fall, is taking more drastic steps to reduce its workforce, and plans to cut 5% of its employees in North America by the end of the...
View ArticleMacmillan and Hachette raise starting salaries
Macmillan Publishers will increase its entry-level base salary to $47,500, effective April 1. Additional adjustments will be made to current salary bands to reflect this change. The previous starting...
View ArticleWhat readers hate most in books — from dreams to italics
Writing in the Washington Post, Ron Charles reports that "a few weeks ago, I asked readers of our Book Club newsletter to describe the things that most annoy them in books. The responses were a...
View ArticleDeal reached in HarperCollins strike as publisher has another bad quarter
After three months of negotiations and two weeks after announcing plans to resume labor negotiations, HarperCollins has reached a tentative agreement with its employee union, Local 2110 of the United...
View ArticleIdaho bill would allow parents to sue over 'harmful' books in schools,...
A new Idaho bill would open schools and public libraries to lawsuits for allowing minors to obtain books, films and other media that depict sexual content deemed "offensive." The legislation, from...
View ArticleMore than 1 million books subject to review based on Florida's new laws
More than 1 million books in Duval County schools in Florida are subject to review due to three state laws impacting certain subjects in education, including race, gender and sexual orientation,...
View ArticleMellon Foundation pledges $125m to combat effects of mass incarceration
The Mellon Foundation has announced a $125 million commitment to support artistic development among populations detrimentally affected by the U.S. criminal legal system. In a February 15 press...
View ArticleDeal to sell Simon & Schuster possibly in the works
Paramount Global is again seeking to sell Simon & Schuster, months after the media company's $2.2 billion deal to sell the book publisher to Penguin Random House collapsed, according to people...
View ArticleBookstore sales rose 6% in 2022
Bookstore sales in the U.S. finished just under $9 billion in 2022, 6.2% higher than 2021 and 0.7% above 2019, the last year bookstores had a normal sales pattern before business was disrupted by the...
View ArticleBookselling
On January 23, representatives of several European & International Booksellers Federation member organizations gathered online for this year's first quarterly EIBF international call, which allows...
View ArticleRepublicans take aim at risque jokes and romance novels with anti-sex bills
A wave of proposed legislation pushed by Republicans across the US at the state level is aimed at outlawing aspects of sexuality that could have a huge impact on Americans' private lives and...
View ArticleHarperCollins union ratifies new contract
After a three months on strike, unionized HarperCollins employees will return to work on February 21 after voting 194-10 to ratify a labor agreement with the publisher that includes a higher minimum...
View ArticleRoald Dahl rewrites: edited language in books criticized as 'absurd censorship'
Critics are accusing the British publisher of Roald Dahl's classic children's books of censorship after it removed colourful language from works such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda...
View ArticleJK Rowling tells of fear former husband would burn Harry Potter manuscript
The Harry Potter author JK Rowling has spoken about the abuse she suffered at the hands of her former husband, saying he tried to lock away the unpublished manuscript of the series' first book to stop...
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