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  • Publisher News

    Authors Against Book Bans Officially Launches

    The group's 1,500 members from all 50 states aim to provide “support and encouragement for the educators, librarians, parents, and students who are the first line of defense against censorship, and for the authors whose books are under attack.”

  • Libraries

    Oklahoma Supreme Court Blocks State Effort to Ban Books from School Libraries

    The decision comes after state officials oversaw the creation of new rules governing library content in schools last year and demanded that the Edmond Public School district remove two books from high school library shelves over sexual content.

  • Libraries

    At Hearing, Appeals Court Appears Skeptical of Injunction Blocking Iowa’s Book Ban Law

    During a tense 30-minute oral argument, the court suggested that federal judge Stephen Locher may have overstepped in preliminarily enjoining key provisions of Iowa law SF 496 on constitutional grounds.

  • Publisher News

    Authors, Publishers Sign PEN America Letter Protesting New South Carolina School Book Rules

    More than 380 authors, publishing houses, and advocacy groups have signed an open letter protesting "vague and overbroad" new South Carolina education standards, slated to take effect on June 25.

  • Libraries

    New DPLA Campaign to Feature ‘Banned Book of the Week’

    The effort will feature a banned book every Wednesday on DPLA’s social media accounts. Last year, the group launched its Banned Book Club, a program that uses GPS-based “geo-targeting” to enable readers to check out e-book versions of banned books via an e-reader app.

  • Publisher News

    The Cases Against Book Bans

    After a string of wins, potentially significant developments now loom in several key book-banning lawsuits. PW rounded up the status of some of the more closely watched book banning cases.

  • Libraries

    Censorship Is a Hammer Looking for a Nail: PW Talks with Sam Helmick

    The community and access coordinator at the Iowa City Public Library discusses their experience on the front lines of one of the nation’s most intense legal and legislative battles over the freedom to read and the very real impact book banning campaigns have on the LGBTQ community.

  • Industry News

    Publishers Issue Letter to NYC DOE Over Discarded Books

    After a 'Gothamist' report found that hundreds of children's books had been thrown out on ideological grounds at a Staten Island elementary, a group of publishers and Authors Against Book Bans have written a letter to the NYC DOE over what they call "unlawful censorship."

  • Publisher News

    The Top 10 Book Business News Stories of 2023

    The book business in 2023 in a nutshell: Amazon got hit with a federal antitrust lawsuit, Scholastic got mired in a censorship controversy, Simon & Schuster finally found a buyer, AI fever gripped the book business, and publishers stepped up to book bans.

  • Publisher News

    New PEN America Report Documents 'Scarlet Letter' Effect of Book Bans

    PEN America has released "a cumulative data summary" of nearly 6,000 book bans in public schools, finding that shared lists of targeted books by organized political groups have led to books and authors being targeted in multiple communities across the country.

  • Religion

    Tracing the Spiritual Power of Publishing: Stephen Prothero

    Stephen Prothero, author of 'God the Bestseller: How One Editor Transformed American Religion a Book at a Time' (HarperOne, Mar. 14), explores Eugene Exman's role in publishing books that remade America's religious life.

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