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Frankfurt Book FairFrankfurt Book Fair 2018: Chimamanda Adichie Says It's Time for 'New Storytellers'
At the 2018 Frankfurt Book Fair's opening press conference, the acclaimed Nigerian author called for more "boldness" in storytelling.
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Libraries
The Week in Libraries: October 5, 2018
Among the week's headlines: Libraries get good news on funding; a controversial copyright bill resurfaces; and why the net neutrality battle is about to get much bigger.
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Libraries
The Week in Libraries: September 28, 2018
Among the week's headlines: Why 'Banned Books Week' is as important as ever; a look at how consumers' media biases are increasingly, well, biased; and is the FCC trying to stop localities from setting up their own broadband networks?
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Libraries
The Week in Libraries: September 24, 2018
Among the week's headlines: A breakthrough on copyright reform; the editor of 'The Nation' links good libraries and democracy; and an EBSCO report predicts 5%-6% serials inflation for 2019.
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Libraries
Reclaiming Reference at the Library
For librarians, reference work today is increasingly about community service.
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Libraries
Can You Believe It?: PW Talks with Donald Barclay
PW talks to author and librarian Donald Barlcay about his new book, 'Fake News, Propaganda, and Plain Old Lies.'
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Libraries
The Week in Libraries: September 14, 2018
Among the week's headlines: A controversial proposal to reform copyright advances in Europe; ICE wants to destroy records of detainee abuse; and the 2018 National Book Award longlists are out.
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Libraries
The Week in Libraries: September 7, 2018
Among this week's headlines: Librarians react to another change in the library e-book market; Google pulls a no-show at a Senate hearing; And if you're looking for office space in Chicago, hit up the ALA.
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Libraries
Penguin Random House Changes Library E-book Lending Terms
Beginning October 1, 2018, PRH is moving from a perpetual access model (where libraries pay a higher price but retain access to the e-book forever) to a metered model (with lower prices on e-books that expire after two years).
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Libraries
The Week in Libraries: August 24, 2018
Among this week's headlines: A newly released study shows a dramatic slide in reading among teens; ALA rescinds controversial policy change on letting 'hate groups' use the library meeting rooms; And NYPL launches Insta Novels program on Instagram.
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Content / e-books
Librarians Question Tor’s E-book Embargo
Librarians have been looking at the data and they say Macmillan’s recent claim that library e-book lending is having a “direct and adverse” impact on science fiction publisher Tor’s retail e-book sales appears to be more fiction than science.
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Libraries
A Dystopian Twist for Library E-Books
Why Tor’s decision to embargo new e-book releases in libraries is a wake-up call for librarians.
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Libraries
The Week in Libraries: August 10, 2018
Nominate your local librarian for a 2018 'I Love My Librarian' award; How librarians find that elusive book you can't quite recall; And Facebook removes a purveyor of hate speech, but Twitter hedges.
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Libraries
The Week in Libraries: August 3, 2018
Among this week’s headlines, Susan Orlean’s forthcoming ‘love letter’ to libraries; Tor officials brush off librarian concerns over e-book lending; And why it’s never too late to become a reader.
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Content / e-books
Cengage Answers Lawsuit Over New Subscription Service
In a court filing, the publisher denies that its new subscription service will improperly cost its authors sales and royalty payments.
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Libraries
The Week in Libraries: July 27, 2018
Why librarians should thank Forbes for its misguided (now retracted) anti-library editorial; The Library Publishing Coalition releases an “Ethical Framework for Library Publishing”; And, Facebook faces the music.
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Editorials
Libraries Are Better Stewards of Taxpayer Dollars Than Corporations
ALA president Loida Garcia-Febo responds to the controversial (and recently retracted) 'Forbes' article, 'Amazon Should Replace Local Libraries to Save Taxpayers Money.'
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Libraries
The Week in Libraries: July 20, 2018
Making headlines this week: Library groups respond to Tor's decision to scale back e-book lending; Progress on net neutrality; And, is Amazon really so bad?
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Libraries
Tor Scales Back Library E-book Lending as Part of Test
Tor's e-books are now being made available to libraries four months after the book's publication as part of a test to see whether "library e-book lending is one of the contributing factors" to declining e-book sales.
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Libraries
The Week in Libraries: July 13, 2018
Among this week's headlines: The FCC continues to generate controversy; Should "hate groups" get to use the library meeting rooms?; And you know all those new books piling up on your shelves? The Japanese have a word for that.
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