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6 Badass Librarians Who Changed History
They will not be shushed.
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How long will printed books continue to exist and be necessary in the future?
Books will live on if we allow them to remain. We will need a tactile world to remind us that we are still here, that we can suffer and heal, make considered judgments, and love in a way that only biological beings can.
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Libraries struggle to afford the demand for e-books and seek new state laws in fight with publishers
Libraries across the U.S. are struggling to cover the cost of e-books, which have grown in popularity.
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Stolen books worth £2.5m found under floor of Romanian house
The "irreplaceable" works, including a first edition by Galileo, were taken in a dramatic London heist.
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Lisa Gardner: 10 Lessons I Learned in 30 Years of Writing Suspense
When people first meet authors, they always ask the same question—how did you get started in this business? I’m a bit a rarity. Wrote my first novel at seventeen, sold it at twenty, hit the bestsel…
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National Library Lovers Month 2024 (and Library Lovers Day)
February is National Library Lovers Month in the USA. And February 14 is a very special day for lovers…of libraries! February 14 is Valentines Day, the day for lovers. But it is also a very special day for library lovers, too. And by that I don’t mean people who get cheeky under desks and between the stacks.
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How Hiking 310 Miles Helped Build a Novel—and Taught Me a Few Things About Writing Along the Way
A few years ago, I set off on an adventure that would eventually leave me both alone and alone in the woods…for days on end.
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Romantasies are steaming up the publishing world
A spicy, more adult take on the fantasy genre
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Utah Bill that requires statewide removal of school library books deemed pornographic by 3 districts close to passage
Bill sought to refine legislation passed 2 years ago that floor sponsor Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, said led to ‘some ludicrous results where people were challenging the Qur’an, the Bible and other books of scripture.’
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Co-authoring: twice as fun or double the trouble?
When it comes to co-authoring, what are some of the issues and complexities about writing a book with another author?
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Judge blocks Arkansas law allowing librarians to be criminally charged over ‘harmful’ materials
A federal judge has temporarily blocked Arkansas from enforcing a law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing “harmful” materials to minors.
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The Gamification of Reading Is Changing How We Approach Books
Since its inception in 2007, Goodreads has been a place where people can come together and rate their favorite books, find new authors, and more. This writer juggles the greater implications of the site with our current reading culture.
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Rome’s libraries were shrines to knowledge – and imperial power
Passersby could wander at will into grand public libraries in imperial Rome. Could they trust what they found inside?
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PEN America: Using Artificial Intelligence to Ban Books Only Makes the Problem Worse
As book bans escalate in schools and libraries across the country, a school district in Iowa is adding a new—albeit “deeply misguided”—move to this censorious trend by relying on ChatGPT to decide which books can stay and which have to go, PEN America said today.
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Thousands of Yiddish pulp fiction stories finally seeing the light of day
It is now easy to find the 1907 serialization of Sholem Asch's 'God of Vengeance.'
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Word games, wit and the pleasure of annoying people: a daughter's memoir sheds new light on the notoriously private John Clarke
Lorin Clarke’s account of growing up with her famous father is a loving, often funny portrait.
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Who says the robots are not trying to kill us?
Mushroom pickers urged to avoid foraging books on Amazon that appear to be written by AI. Sample of books scored 100% on AI detection test as experts warn they contain dangerous advice
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Sci-fi books are rare in school even though they help kids better understand science
Despite their scarcity, science fiction books are highly sought after by elementary school students.
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Millie Bobby Brown’s debut novel is a bestseller. Why does it matter that the actor didn’t write it?
Our discomfort lies more with how a bestselling celebrity novel reconfigures the book as ‘merchandise’.
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28 years ago, a book club began reading one novel. It’s finally reached the end
Filmmaker Gerry Fialka has convened a book group to read James Joyce’s ‘Finnegans Wake,’ a book famously tough to grasp.
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