Saturday is Independent Bookstore Day. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, booksellers were facing razor-thin margins, an uncertain future, and the threat of Amazon.

All his life, 56-year-old Pratap Singh Bora has been sticking his thumb in ink to sign documents. He didn't go to school when he was a kid. Little did he know that he would learn to write his first words at a coronavirus lockdown center during a global pandemic.

An hour’s drive away from my sleepy college town, there is a magical place. It is the place my friends and I would run away to whenever we were having a rough go of it, or quite frankly, when…

Readers who are used to spending their weekends in bookstores or libraries may be experiencing literary withdrawal. Many of these spaces have closed to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. But there are still ways to keep a rotation of books on hand from your home. Many bookstores are adapting with pickup and delivery options, and for those trying to cut back on spending during this crisis, there are plenty of ways to access books for free. Here are the best ways to keep reading.

Authors are suffering under the pandemic economy, too. They say the Emergency Library will make things worse.

Independent bookstores, and booksellers, get a lifeline just when they need it most.

People in the UK were stockpiling novels and home learning books last week as they prepared for a spell in isolation, sales figures suggest. Sales of fiction rose by a third, while children's education went up 234% to the third highest level on record. Puzzle books, handicrafts and true crime also saw sharp rises.

Beginning on Thursday, April 2, at 7 p. m. , Dolly Parton will be reading a children’s book for bedtime in a series entitled “Goodnight with Dolly. ” Dolly will welcome the viewers and introduces the title, author and illustrator. She will be reading it on her social channels. The books Dolly will read will include: “There’s a Hole in the Log on the Bottom of the Lake” by Loren Long. “Llama Llama Red Pajama” by Anna Dewdney. “I Am a Rainbow” by Dolly Parton. “Pass It On” by Sophy Henn.

The Internet Archive is providing free access to a trove of 1.4 million digitized books to help ease the strain of the coronavirus crisis.

Teachers are taking to Twitter to express their gratitude for support during the coronavirus pandemic.

It's no secret I'm a fan of the reMarkable, a tablet with a paper-like display that's focused on text and sketching rather than rich media and games. The sequel to the original, announced today, looks to make a good thing even better.

Fourteen days can feel like a very long time if you’re stuck in quarantine or self-isolating. Reading can help. We asked some Canadian authors about the top one or two books they would bring with them if they were holed up because of the coronavirus.

Hours of each day pass where I encounter nothing truly memorable on my computer or phone. What was I just reading five minutes ago?

Do you love to read but want to do so without breaking the bank? These free books apps will get you started for cheap (or free).

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the New York Public Library has released a love letter to books. Continuing the celebration of the institution’s 125th anniversary, the library culled together a list of 125 beloved books, chosen by librarians within the NYPL system. The list, collected under “125 Books We Love,” brings together titles of adult literature, spanning 12 forms and genre categories.

When scientists and others use their specialized jargon terms while communicating with the general public, the effects are much worse than just making what they’re saying hard to understand. In a new study, people exposed to jargon when reading about subjects like self-driving cars and surgical robots later said they were less interested in science than others who read about the same topics, but without the use of specialized terms.

Roughly a quarter of American adults say they haven’t read a book in the past year. Who are these non-book readers?

Long-dead thinkers from Socrates to Nietzsche are the latest hot property when it comes to self-help books. But can they really make effective gurus, asks Neil Armstrong.

A witty quote makes your day! The question is how? In this article, we shall get to know, the impact of a witty quote on you.

Once a month, black men come together for The Marathon Book Club — founded to read the books that inspired Nipsey Hussle, who was killed in South L.A. in March.