Internet Archive will end its program for free e-books
Internet Archive is ending its program of offering free, unrestricted copies of e-books because of a lawsuit from publishers, which said lending out books without compensation for authors or...
View ArticleOver half of NBCC board resign in fallout over leaked emails regarding race...
The turmoil that roiled the National Book Critics Circle, one of publishing's pre-eminent awards bodies and institutions, last week continued throughout the weekend and into Monday morning as concerns...
View ArticlePoetry Foundation responds to criticism, pledges action
The staff and board of directors of the Poetry Foundation have published an open letter to Foundation membership in response to an ongoing controversy at the organization sparked by an open letter...
View ArticleL.L. McKinney announces Juneteenth Book Festival
L.L. McKinney, the author who developed the #PublishingPaidMe hashtag campaign earlier this month, has announced the Juneteenth Book Festival, which will take place on Friday, June 19. The event is...
View ArticleCalifornia, Washington State join in investigations of Amazon
California and Washington State have joined federal authorities and the European Union in examining certain Amazon business practices, particularly Amazon Marketplace. The new state probes are what...
View ArticleApril bookstore sales tumbled 65%
Bookstore sales took an unprecedented plunge in April, tumbling 65.3% compared to April 2019, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. April sales fell a total of $412...
View ArticleAmistad launches #BlackoutBestsellerList on social media
In order to shine a light on Black authors and push the publishing industry to be more inclusive, Amistad books — a publisher devoted to uplifting multicultural voices — started an initiative...
View ArticleDo the soaring sales of anti-racism books signal a true cultural shift?
In the wake of the waves of police brutality at protests against the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other black people, Americans are turning to books to try to understand the...
View ArticleTrans activists write to newspaper condemning JK Rowling abuse story
Trans and non-binary activists have written a public letter in support of JK Rowling after the Sun published a front page interview with her ex-husband headlined: "I slapped JK and I'm not sorry." The...
View ArticleAt 99, Al Jaffee says goodbye to Mad Magazine
Mad magazine is celebrating its longest-tenured contributor, Al Jaffee, with an issue devoted to him on the occasion of his retirement. The latest edition of the smart-alecky bible of boomer humor,...
View ArticleDoJ sues John Bolton over forthcoming memoir
Yesterday, The Department of Justice filed a civil suit in Washington D.C. over former national security adviser John Bolton's forthcoming memoir, The Room Where It Happened, just days ahead of the...
View ArticleThe psychologist in the Trump family speaks out in upcoming book
Born into a fabulously wealthy family of seemingly continuous intrigues, betrayals and conflicts, Mary L. Trump did not seek the spotlight. She earned a master's in literature at Columbia and a...
View ArticleCourt refuses to block publication of Bolton memoir
A federal judge on Saturday rejected the Department of Justice's motion for a temporary restraining order blocking publication of former national security adviser John Bolton's memoir The Room Where...
View ArticleCarlos Ruiz Zafón, author of 'The Shadow of the Wind,' dies at 55
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, whose mystery novel The Shadow of the Wind became one of the best-selling Spanish books of all time, died on Friday at his home in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 55. His death was...
View ArticleGeorge RR Martin predicts penultimate Game of Thrones book finished next year
As lockdown eases around the world, George RR Martin has revealed he is currently isolating in "an actual cabin in the mountains" and hopes to finish his long-awaited fantasy novel The Winds of Winter...
View ArticleTrump family sues to block publication of tell-all memoir by his niece
The family of President Donald J. Trump is suing to block publication of a bombshell memoir by the president's niece. Filed on June 23 by the president's brother Robert S. Trump in Queens County (NY)...
View ArticleOverDrive to acquire KKR-owned RBmedia's library business
Moving swiftly after their recent acquisition by private equity firm KKR, OverDrive, the leading digital library platform, announced that it will acquire the library assets of another KKR-owned...
View ArticleRomance publishing's ugly secret
In an article in Vox titled "Bad Romance", Constance Grady (staff writer on cultural issues) talks about the long simmering issues in the world of romance publishing that have come to a head over...
View ArticleTrump's brother fails in bid to block niece's tell-all book
Queens county surrogate court judge Peter Kelly said on Thursday "several improprieties" in the filing by Robert Trump, the president's younger brother, meant the bid to stop the book was "fatally...
View ArticleA debate over identity and race asks, are African-Americans 'Black' or 'black'?
Hundreds of news organizations over the past month have changed their style to Black in reference to the race of people, including The Associated Press, long considered an influential arbiter of...
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