In-Mall Library Kiosk Debuts in California
A new touchscreen 400-book library kiosk has debuted at Sierra Vista Mall in Clovis, Calif. According to Jonathan Waltmire, the library spokesperson, this is the first library kiosk of its kind to...
View ArticleGabriel Garcia Marquez, 87, in hospital
Author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 87, is in hospital in Mexico City for an unspecified infection, and related dehydration. Mexico's Secretary of Health indicated in a statement that "once he's completed...
View ArticlePeter Matthiessen dies aged 86
Peter Matthiessen, well-known US writer and environmentalist, died at the age of 86 of leukemia. His notable works include The Snow Leopard, Shadow Country and At Play in the Fields of the Lord.
View ArticleKen Follett to write sequel to The Pillars of the Earth
UK publisher Pan Macmillan has acquired three new novels by Ken Follett, including a sequel to The Pillars of the Earth.
View ArticleWorld Book Night U.S. releases interactive map of givers by zip code
World Book Night U.S. has released an interactive map that lists givers by zip code as well as official stores and libraries.
View ArticleAdrian Mole author, Sue Townsend, dies aged 68
Sue Townsend, 68, died at home on Thursday after a short illness following many years suffering with diabetes that left her blind. She will be best remembered fro her 8 book series starting with The...
View ArticleThe Goldfinch and Toms River win Pulitzers
The 2014 Pulitzer Prize winners in the books category are: Fiction: "The Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt (Little, Brown) History: "The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832" by Alan Taylor...
View ArticleAuthors Guild: Google must not be permitted to build its financial empire off...
Late Friday afternoon, the Authors Guild filed its appeal in its copyright infringement lawsuit against Google, asking the appellate court to reverse a lower court's ruling that granted summary...
View ArticleGabriel Garcia Marquez Dies
Nobel prize-winning Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez has died in Mexico aged 87. Best known for his classic, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Marquez is considered the father of the magical...
View ArticleColorado House passes sales tax fairness law. Bill now with Senate for...
On Monday, the Colorado House of Representatives passed the Marketplace Fairness & Small Business Protection Act (HB 1269), which "clarifies Colorado's sales tax laws to note that remote retailers...
View ArticleWorld Book Night Today!
Today is World Book Night - in the USA 29,000 givers are handing out 580,000 free books in the hopes of reaching people who are not normally readers, both adults and younger readers. The event, which...
View ArticleAttempt to ban book backfires with 700 copies given away in the community
Earlier this year, the local school board in Meridian, Idaho, removed Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian from the 10th grade curriculum following complaints by some...
View ArticleOrdinary Grace & Ketchup Clouds among this year's Edgar Award winners
The 2014 Edgar Award winners have been announced:. Read more about six of the winners below including full length reviews and backstories of three of the books: Edgar Award for Best Novel: Ordinary...
View ArticleNews Corp/Harper Collins buying Harlequin
News Corp. is buying Harlequin Enterprises from Torstar Corporation for $415 million in cash and will make it a division of HarperCollins. Harlequin's headquarters will remain in Toronto, as will the...
View ArticleFirst ever California Book Day - a triumph!
If there were any doubts that the inaugural California Bookstore Day would succeed, they were dissolved by noon on Saturday, May 3 by the loud and clear praise from participating indies that echoed...
View ArticleAmazon continues to delay availability of Hachette books that are readily...
While Amazon continues to play a bookish version of the childhood game Keep-Away with certain Hachette titles (including Little Brown and Grand Central titles), other booksellers in the U.S. are quite...
View ArticleAlmost half of 6-8 year olds read daily. Only a quarter of 15-17 year olds do.
A new report by Common Sense Media based on a number of different studies concludes that US reading rates drop precipitously from childhood to the tween and teenage years: "One study documents a drop...
View ArticleSimon & Schuster to make its backlist available via Scribd & Oyster so...
Simon & Schuster is to make its backlist of ebook titles available via Oyster and Scribd. Both services offer flat rate plans allowing subscribers to download an unlimited number of books each...
View ArticleAmazon ups the ante in battle with Hachette over terms by removing pre-order...
Amazon's slowdown of their business with Hachette Book Group (as the parties battle over terms) has taken another turn with the disappearance of the pre-order buying capability for print and Kindle...
View ArticleMaya Angelou Dies at 86
Esteemed poet and memoirist, Maya Angelou, is dead at 86. She was best known for her searing look at the Jim Crow South. Ms. Angelou was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama.
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