Clive Cussler dies aged 88
Clive Cussler, the US author of the popular Dirk Pitt novels, has died at the age of 88. He wrote 25 books in the adventure series and sold more than 100 million copies of his novels in total. Writing...
View ArticleChina sentences Swedish bookseller to 10 years in prison
A court in eastern China has sentenced a Swedish bookseller that took a skeptical look at the ruling Communist Party to 10 years in prison for "illegally providing intelligence overseas," in a further...
View ArticleTennessee becomes next state seeking public library oversight, censorship
Following in the footsteps of Republican lawmakers in Missouri, a pair of bills aimed at public libraries are making their way through both the House and the Senate of Tennessee. Senate Bill 2896,...
View ArticleInternational book fairs impacted by COVID-19 coronavirus
Although the London Book Fair says it will take place next week, since Friday, the U.S. operations of Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, HarperCollins, Hachette and Ingram have indicated that they won't...
View ArticleViacomCBS Is looking to sell Simon & Schuster
Nearly three months to the day after the completion of the ViacomCBS merger, the mass media company has indicated its intentions to possibly sell Simon & Schuster, one of the U.S.'s Big Five...
View ArticleHachette workers stage walkout to protest publication of Woody Allen memoir
Dozens of Hachette employees staged a walkout of its New York City offices on Thursday in protest against the company's decision to publish Woody Allen's autobiography. Grand Central, a Hachette...
View ArticleBarbara Neely, creator of black female sleuth series, dies
Award-winning mystery writer Barbara Neely, who created the first black female sleuth series in mainstream American publishing, died March 2 after a brief illness. She was 78.
View ArticleCOVID-19 causes more cancellations of book events
Shelf Awareness catalogs the growing list of cancellations and postponements of book related events including the Tucson Festival of Books, The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, the National Book...
View ArticleLibrary of Congress announces limited access to facilities until April 1
Out of an abundance of caution, the Library of Congress announced today that all Library of Congress buildings and facilities will be closed to the public starting at 5 p.m. today until Wednesday,...
View ArticleAt last some good news: NEA Says 55% of Americans are readers.
A new report from the National Endowment for the Arts tracked American reading habits in 2017 and found that 55% of all U.S. adults did some form of book-reading in the year (outside of work or...
View ArticleMore temporary bookstore closures, but most are still open for telephone...
Since Thursday, a range of bookstores have announced temporary closings because of the pandemic. Among them are Powells in Oregon, The Strand in New York and WORD Bookstores in Brooklyn. But many are...
View ArticleMacmillan abandons library e-book embargo
In a surprise announcement today, Macmillan abandoned its controversial embargo on new release e-books in libraries, effective this week. "There are times in life when differences should be put...
View ArticleAmazon delays book deliveries. Local bookstores offer to mail books
Amazon have announced that book deliveries will be delayed so as to meet the surge in demand for "household staples, medical supplies, and other high demand products," which makes this an even better...
View ArticleBookExpo and BookCon postponed until July
Faced with the loss of a major exhibitor and widespread postponements of public events, Reedpop has rescheduled the BookExpo, BookCon, and Unbound events originally planned for late May to July 22-26...
View ArticlePowell's closes for eight weeks as laid off employees fire back
Powell's Books, which has five locations in Portland, Ore., and whose City of Books location is among the largest independent bookstores in the country, will remain closed for a minimum of eight...
View ArticleBig-hearted strangers turn Little Free Libraries into Little Free Pantries.
... all over America good samaritans are taking it upon themselves to help their struggling neighbors by converting little free libraries into little free pantries. Not only do these little free...
View ArticleEncouraging numbers in a difficult time
In 10 days, the Book Industry Charitable Foundation (Binc) has raised more than $700,000 to help booksellers and bookstores in financial need. Demand is high for Binc's services: in five days it...
View ArticleSales of books in print hold steady week on week
After falling 10% between March 7 and March 14, print unit sales were flat in the week ended March 21, compared to the previous week at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. A huge gain in unit sales...
View ArticleBookstores seek essential exemptions
With many states banning all but the most essential business in order to slow the spread of the new coronavirus, booksellers are making the case that they, too, are essential. The effort is paying...
View ArticleBinc steps In for booksellers in need
A team of five people at a small nonprofit in Ann Arbor, Mich., may be all that ensures that next month's rent and food gets on the table for many of America's booksellers. As bookstores are forced to...
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