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+28 +4The Internet Archive has lost its first fight to scan and lend e-books like a library
A federal judge has ruled against the Internet Archive in Hachette v. Internet Archive, a lawsuit brought against it by four book publishers, deciding that the website does not have the right to scan books and lend them out like a library. Judge John G. Koeltl decided that the Internet Archive had done nothing more than create “derivative works,” and so would have needed authorization from the books’ copyright holders — the publishers — before lending them out through its National Emergency Library program.
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+14 +3Book ban attempts reach "unparalleled" 20-year high in 2022
A majority of the books were written by or were about the LGBTQ community and people of color.
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+24 +6Record book ban attempts reported last year
Story at a glance As some states move to restrict the titles available in school and public libraries, the American Library Association reports a record number of attempts to ban books documented l…
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+15 +2Parent Calls Bible ‘PORN’ and Demands Utah School District Remove It From Libraries
A parent is arguing that if banned books like 'Gender Queer' are pulled from shelves, the Bible—with its sex scenes, incest, and murder—should be banned, too.
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+21 +6From Roald Dahl to R.L. Stine, Books Are Being Rewritten: Does It Matter?
From James Bond to Roald Dahl to RL Stine & Goosebumps, books (& movies) are being rewritten and edited: Is it censorship or is it more?
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+15 +1Book publishers with surging profits struggle to prove Internet Archive hurt sales
A federal judge will soon decide if digital lending violates copyright laws.
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+11 +2Are romance authors at risk from book-writing chatbots?
As AI-powered chatbots can now write fiction, human authors may have unwanted competition.
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+17 +4Self-help business book teaches leadership skills
“Now when I look back, I can finally see the dots connecting. I can see that everything stands or falls on leaders and leadership. And leadership is all about inspiring hope, because hope makes a difference, serving people and adding value."
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+15 +3Sensitivity readers: what publishing’s most polarising role is really about
The Roald Dahl alterations thrust sensitivity readers to the foreground, but the profession is nothing new
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+17 +2Hong Kong: two arrested for possessing ‘seditious’ children’s book
Arrests believed to be the first time police have detained citizens for possessing literature deemed ‘seditious’ by the authorities
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+14 +319 Works of Nonfiction to Read This Spring
New memoirs, a landmark biography of Martin Luther King, Jr., a look at the woman who helped halt the rise of a K.K.K. leader — and more.
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+10 +28 Books That the Authors Regretted Writing
Authors work hard on their books, they don't always like the results. Discover 8 books that authors regretted writing and why.
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+19 +3Book thief who stole more than 1,000 manuscripts ‘wanted to cherish them before anyone else’
Filippo Bernardini impersonated hundreds of people in the publishing industry to obtain work by Margaret Atwood, Sally Rooney and Ian McEwan, but never intended to leak the books
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+12 +2Kenzaburo Oe, Nobel prize-winning Japanese writer, dies aged 88
Kenzaburo Oe, a giant of Japanese writing and winner of the Nobel prize in literature, has died aged 88. Spanning fiction and essays, Oe’s work tackled a wide range of subjects from militarism and nuclear disarmament to innocence and trauma, and he became an outspoken champion for the voiceless in the face of what he regarded as his country’s failures. Regarded by some in Japan as distinctly western, Oe’s style was often likened to William Faulkner; in his own words, in his writing he would “start from my personal matters and then link it up with society, the state and the world”.
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+13 +3JK Rowling’s abusive ex-husband claims he helped write ‘Harry Potter’
Said the author’s ex, Jorge Arantes, “I was very involved with the first one and she knows that. She started writing it when we were together.”
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+4 +1‘Torture porn or serious literature?’: the love-hate phenomenon of cult novel A Little Life
One million copies sold, sobbing superfans on TikTok and a new stage adaptation starring James Norton – yet Hanya Yanagihara’s 2015 book continues to divides readers
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+17 +3‘We’re book nerds’: the female friends opening bookshops together
Growing numbers of women in UK are joining forces with friends to run independent bookshops
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+16 +1Lewisville Teen Does #SomethingGood for Childhood Literacy
The Lewisville junior donated more than a thousand books to share his love of reading.
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+19 +2Gen Zers are bookworms but say they're shunning e-books because of eye strain, digital detoxing, and their love for libraries
Gen Zers told Insider they preferred paperback books to e-books for health reasons and because they loved the way they smell.
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+13 +2Donald Trump's New Book Will Reportedly Include Messages From Oprah And Princess Diana
Trump tweeted about his writing record in 2018, saying, in part, he had "written many best selling books." To which Tim O'Brien, who wrote "TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald," tweeted a contradiction, saying it was ghostwriters who did the writing work on Trump's books.
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