Judge rules Mary Trump is free to discuss her tell-all book
President Donald Trump's niece is free to release and discuss her damning book on the president's family, a New York Supreme Court judge ruled on Monday. "Now that the unconstitutional gag order has...
View ArticleColson Whitehead awarded 2020 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced on Monday that Colson Whitehead, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novels The Nickel Boys and The Underground Railroad, will receive the Library of...
View ArticleObituary: Joanna Cole, author of The Magic School Bus
Prolific, award-winning children's book author Joanna Cole, widely recognized for her nonfiction, and especially for being the creator of Ms. Frizzle, the intrepid and enthusiastic captain of the...
View ArticleLibrary supporters urge action on bill to provide relief funding for public...
With three weeks before Congress breaks for its scheduled August recess, library supporters are ramping up their efforts to ensure that public libraries are included in a second round of coronavirus...
View ArticleBookstore sales fell 60% in May
In the third month of data reflecting public health measures taken to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, including the closure of many stores, sales at bookstores in May dropped 59.9%, to $271 million,...
View ArticleFour-year-old lands book deal for his 'astonishing' poetry
Keats's first book of poetry was published when he was 21; Mary Shelley was 18 when she started writing Frankenstein. But both of their youthful achievements are dwarfed by the newest star in the UK's...
View ArticleThe 2020 Booker Prize longlist announced
The longlist (known as 'The Booker Dozen') for The 2020 Booker Prize is announced today. The list was chosen from 162 novels published in the UK or Ireland between October 2019 and September 2020. The...
View ArticleBook sales in France up 29% year on year since lockdown eased
Sales by French independent booksellers rose by 29% year on year between May 12--the day after France began its gradual easing of the lockdown--and July 12, according to the French Booksellers...
View ArticleO, The Oprah Magazine ends regular print editions in favor of greater...
In a July 29 statement Hearst announced that the last regular edition of "O, The Oprah Magazine" would be December. Instead it will focus on OprahMag.com which launched in 2018. According to Kristen...
View ArticlePete Hamill, journalist and author dies at 85
Pete Hamill, a high school dropout who turned a gift for storytelling, a fascination with characters and a romance with tabloid newspapers into a storied career as a New York journalist, novelist and...
View ArticleSean Hannity removes 'gobbledygook' Latin motto from book cover
The Latin motto on Fox News anchor Sean Hannity's new book has been changed after the original was described as "complete and utter gobbledygook" by a classics student. Hannity's Live Free or Die:...
View ArticleAlan Dershowitz claims a fictional lawyer defamed him. The implications for...
Alan Dershowitz, who is a real lawyer, claims he has been defamed by Benjamin Dafoe, who is a fictional lawyer. "The Good Fight," which streams on CBS All Access, frequently revolves around...
View ArticleProminent Hong Kong publisher arrested under new national security law
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai and several executives at the media company he founded have been arrested for colluding with foreign forces, the highest profile arrests thus far under a sweeping...
View ArticleABA relationship with Bookshop draws booksellers' scrutiny
Last month, online retail newcomer Bookshop divvied up a sales dividend of more than $1 million among 861 bookstores who use the site to sell books. It is the latest in a string of successes for the...
View ArticleNew York Comic Con 2020 canceled, switches to virtual event
In a long-expected announcement, ReedPop, organizer of New York Comic Con, announced it has canceled the annual in-person 2020 event, which was scheduled to be held October 8-11 at the Javits...
View Article"Rage", Bob Woodward's next Trump book publishing Sept 15
Simon & Schuster's dominance over the Donald Trump exposé category is likely to be reaffirmed this September 15, when the publisher will release the latest title by Pulitzer Prize–winning...
View ArticleLibrary supporters urge action as Senate recesses without relief bill
With Congress now on break until September, ALA officials are urging library supporters to keep pressing lawmakers for a pandemic relief package that includes funding for libraries... In an interview...
View ArticleTexas company launches five celebrity curated book clubs
Literati, an Austin, Tex.-based company begun in 2017 that offers book subscription boxes for children, is expanding into virtual, branded book clubs. The book clubs will be overseen by a quartet of...
View ArticleFundraiser aims to help Beirut publishers
Bill Kennedy, a U.K. industry consultant, is leading a £100,000 (approx US$132k) GoFundMe fundraiser to help those in the publishing community in Beirut affected by the blast that devastated the city...
View ArticleAug 29 is Independent Bookstore Day
The rescheduled Independent Bookstore Day 2020 is less than two weeks away--Saturday, August 29--and bookstores around the country have solidified their plans for the annual celebration of...
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