Tony Horwitz, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, dies at 60
Tony Horwitz, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, historian and author whose books have graced best-seller lists and college syllabuses, has died at the age of 60. His publisher confirmed to NPR...
View ArticleLittle Free Library Marks a Decade of Book Sharing
It has been a year of joy mixed with sorrow for Little Free Library. The Wisconsin nonprofit organization behind the iconic, seemingly ubiquitous containers mounted on posts and filled with books for...
View ArticleRemembering the Passions of Bob Bernstein, Random House chairman and founder...
People are fortunate if they have one great passion in life. Robert L. Bernstein, who died May 27, had three, starting with his family. He also had publishing. For a quarter century, he led Random...
View ArticleWomen's prize for fiction goes to 'utterly moving' Tayari Jones novel
American novelist Tayari Jones's portrait of a young African American's wrongful incarceration, and its devastating impact on his marriage has beaten two Booker prize winners to take the Women's prize...
View ArticleMany books aren't fact-checked, and we're increasingly realizing they're...
Writing in Vox, Kelsey Piper looks at the growing concern about "books by prestigious and well-regarded researchers" which "go to print with glaring errors, which are only discovered when an expert in...
View ArticleOwner of UK book chain to buy B&N
Elliott Management, the U.S. private equity company whose U.K. arm, Elliott Advisors, bought Waterstones last year, is buying Barnes & Noble, B&N announced this morning. Elliott is paying...
View ArticleEntertainment Weekly magazine to be monthly from August
Entertainment Weekly's print magazine, which has continued to provide substantive coverage of books and authors, will become a monthly publication as of August.
View ArticleDespite fierce opposition, Strand Bookstore now a NYC landmark
The building that houses the Strand Bookstore at 826 Broadway was designated as a New York City landmark on Tuesday morning, following a contested process and fierce opposition from community members...
View ArticlePrequel to The Hunger Games coming in 2020
Scholastic will be publishing another novel in its mega-selling Hunger Games franchise. The trilogy by Suzanne Collins, which launched in 2008 with the titular title, has sold more than 100 million...
View ArticleA library thrives, quietly, in one of Pakistan's gun markets
Darra Adam Khel, Pakistan — This tribal district, located about 85 miles west of Islamabad, is best known for its sprawling weapons bazaar. Walking through it, the sounds of workshop machinery and...
View ArticleABA president testifies regarding proposed tariffs on Chinese goods - 25% of...
Among the book world people who testified yesterday at a hearing before the U.S. International Trade Commission about proposed tariffs on Chinese goods was Jamie Fiocco, president of the American...
View ArticleAlan Brinkley, leading historian of 20th-century America, dies at 70
Alan Brinkley, "one of the pre-eminent historians of his generation, with a specialty in 20th-century American political history," died June 16. He was 70. Brinkley's work "spanned the full spectrum...
View ArticleLibrarian of Congress names Joy Harjo the nation's 23rd Poet Laureate
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden today announced the appointment of Joy Harjo as the nation's 23rd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2019-2020. Harjo will take up her duties in the fall,...
View ArticleWhat happens after Amazon's domination is complete? Its bookstore offers clues
Amazon sells substantially more than half of the books in the United States, including new and used physical volumes as well as digital and audio formats. Amazon is also a platform for third-party...
View ArticleAmerican Library Association votes to take e-book issues to the public and...
With concern in the library community continuing to grow over their ability to provide access to digital content, the Council of the American Library Association yesterday passed a resolution to ramp...
View ArticleWant kids to learn the joy of reading? Barbershops and laundromats can help
At dozens of barbershops and laundromats across the United States, the sound of children reading aloud mingles with the buzz and snip from barbers' tools or the din of washers. Makeshift shelves and...
View ArticleWhy should authors read your bad reviews?
After Angie Thomas requested that she not be tagged into negative reviews of her books on social media, she has received a torrent of abuse. History has yet to find the book that is universally adored...
View ArticleTariffs on books from China suspended
Publishers are holding their breath to see if President Trump's decision to postpone the imposition of 25% tariffs on $300 billion worth of goods imported from China will become permanent. The new...
View ArticleNigerian writer Lesley Nneka Arimah wins 2019 Caine Prize
Lesley Nneka Arimah has won the 20th edition of the Caine Prize for African Writing for her short story 'Skinned'. The prize was launched in 2000, and is awarded annually to an African writer of a...
View ArticleEnglish library borrowing plummets while US remains stable
New library borrowing figures from the US show how far England is lagging behind other countries because of its facilities' falling book stocks, according to new analysis from library campaigner Tim...
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