'If there's nowhere else to go, this is where they come': how Britain's...
When, one Thursday morning last winter, I arrived at Battle library in west Reading, the library manager, Terry Curran, was sitting at the front desk writing a quiz. "It's not a hard quiz," said...
View ArticleAuthors against book bans officially launches
After announcing their formation earlier this year, Authors Against Book Bans (AABB), a nascent organization of creators committed to defending the freedom to read, announced its official launch this...
View ArticleThe quiet crisis facing U.S. public libraries
According to most recent data from the Institute of Museum and Library services annual Public Library Survey, released earlier this month, gate counts at U.S. public libraries (that is, in-person...
View ArticleIsmail Kadare, 88, dies; His novels brought Albania's plight to the world
Ismail Kadare, the Albanian novelist and poet who single-handedly wrote his isolated Balkan homeland onto the map of world literature, creating often dark, allegorical works that obliquely criticized...
View ArticleIsmail Kadare, 88, dies; His novels brought Albania's plight to the world
Ismail Kadare, the Albanian novelist and poet who single-handedly wrote his isolated Balkan homeland onto the map of world literature, creating often dark, allegorical works that obliquely criticized...
View ArticleALA 2024: Librarians rally for the right to read
Freedom to read tops the list of librarians' priorities, and the American Library Association's 2024 conference emphasized the existential threats posed by book bans and the populist undermining of...
View Article'It's a snowball effect': the gen Z niche reading event making waves in New York
Reading nights and avant-garde literary groups are rapidly emerging as platforms for younger generations to foster community and creatively share personal narratives – and one new series is making...
View ArticleSmall press community slowly builds back after SPD failure
A little more than three months after Small Press Distribution abruptly closed, leaving some 400 independent presses without a trade distributor, publishers and distributors alike are moving forward...
View ArticleAttack on Ukrainian printing plant disrupts publishing industry
On May 23, Russian missiles targeted the Factor Druk printing plant, one of the largest such plants in Europe and a crucial printer for the Ukrainian publishing industry. The attack killed seven...
View ArticleRandom House Is buying Boom! Studios
Penguin Random House continues its renewed emphasis of making strategic acquisitions with a new agreement to acquire comic book and graphic novel publisher Boom! Studios. The agreement, between the...
View ArticleEnd of the librarian? council cuts and new tech push profession to the brink
Staff in England's public libraries under threat of being replaced by automated checkouts amid budget pressures. The role of the traditional "librarian behind the counter" is under threat in a drive...
View ArticleHachette reorgs Workman, moves Algonquin into Little, Brown
Hachette Book Group on Monday confirmed a realignment that included layoffs at Workman Publishing, as well as several promotions and other changes—including moving Algonquin Books into Little, Brown,...
View ArticleMicrosoft outages caused by CrowdStrike software glitch paralyze airlines,...
Banks, airlines, television networks and health systems around the world that rely on Microsoft 365 apps reported widespread outages Friday. Thousands of flights and train services were cancelled...
View ArticleCashing out and scaling up: publishing M&A in 2024 (so far)
At the end of 2023, industry observers told PW they expected 2024 to be an active year for mergers and acquisitions. So far, those predictions have been accurate, with seven notable deals announced in...
View ArticleOrbit launches horror imprint, Run for It
Hachette Book Group's Orbit division has launched Run for It, a new horror imprint. Run for It is Orbit's fourth imprint, alongside the flagship Orbit SFF imprint; Redhook, launched in 2013, which...
View ArticleHugo awards organizers reveal thousands spent on fraudulent votes to help...
The prestigious Hugo awards for science fiction and fantasy writing has revealed that almost 400 votes – about 10% of all votes cast in this year's awards – were fraudulently paid for to help one...
View ArticleInside the two-year fight to bring charges against school librarians in...
The law enforcement officer spent months methodically gathering evidence. He leafed through thousands of pages and highlighted key passages amid reams and reams of paper. He wore his body camera to...
View ArticleMore than a third of UK adults have given up reading for pleasure, study finds
Half of adults in the UK do not regularly read for pleasure, according to new survey data. The study, commissioned by the charity the Reading Agency, saw 15% of adults reporting that they have never...
View ArticlePRH unveils new global corporate logo
Penguin Random House has unveiled its new global corporate logo, which combines the PRH wordmark with the Penguin icon. The iconic penguin will be incorporated into PRH's corporate business service...
View ArticleABFE launches banned books week 2024 campaign
American Booksellers for Free Expression has launched a campaign for Banned Books Week 2024 centered on the theme Liberate Banned Books (#SetBooksFree). "Resisting book bans is about liberation,"...
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