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PromotionalBookExpo's Librarians' Lounge 2018: Join Penguin Random House Library Marketing For #RefreshingReads
Take a break in the Librarians' Lounge (Booth 1856) from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. and enjoy some refreshments courtesy of Penguin Random House Library Marketing’s #RefreshingReads Meet & Greet.
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BookExpo's Librarians' Lounge 2018: Meet 'Furyborn' Author (and Librarian!) Claire Legrand
On Friday, June 1, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Legrand will be in the Librarians' Lounge (booth 1856) to sign copies of 'Furyborn,' which is setting up to be one of the big books of 2018 in the ever-popular fantasy genre.
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BookExpo's Librarians' Lounge 2018: Meet 'Bruce' author Ryan T. Higgins, Courtesy of Disney
On Friday, June 1, from 11:00 a.m. to noon, Higgins will be in the Librarians' Lounge (booth 1856) signing copies of the third book in his popular Bruce the bear series,'Bruce’s Big Move.'
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BookExpo's Librarians' Lounge 2018: Meet Author and Enneagram Master Suzanne Stabile, Courtesy of InterVarsity Press
On Friday afternoon, June 1, from 2:30-3:30 p.m., Stabile will be in the Librarians' Lounge (booth 1856) to sign copies of her just-released book 'The Path Between Us: An Enneagram Journey to Healthy Relationships.'
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BookExpo's Librarians' Lounge 2018: For Baker & Taylor, Libraries Are "The Great Equalizer”
Stop by the Librarians’ Lounge (Booth 1856) to speak with Baker & Taylor representatives, who will be on hand throughout BookExpo.
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Libraries
Why the Senate Vote to Save Net Neutrality Is More than 'Symbolic'
The Week in Libraries, May 18, 2018: Among this week's headlines, the Senate votes to save net neutrality; How climate change is threatening libraries; Education Week looks at the ranks of our school librarians.
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Publisher News
Textbook Authors Sue Cengage Over Subscription Service
Two authors have filed a federal lawsuit against the educational publisher, alleging that the company’s new subscription platform will improperly cost them sales and royalty payments.
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Libraries
It’s Official: Net Neutrality Rules Will End June 11
The Week in Libraries, May 11, 2018: Among the headlines this week, net neutrality is given one month to live; And it was a good week for public libraries in Ohio.
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Libraries
Michelle Obama to Deliver Opening Keynote at 2018 ALA Conference
Her appearance at the conference is sponsored by Penguin Random House, which will publish her much-anticipated memoir, 'Becoming,' on November 13, 2018 via its Crown division.
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Libraries
Librarians Set to Descend on Capitol Hill for National Library Legislative Day
The Week in Libraries, May 4, 2018: Among this week's headlines, librarians prepare to make their case to lawmakers in Washington D.C. as a rescission package looms; Congress could wade into the net neutrality battle.
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Copyright
After 17 Years of Litigation, 'Freelance' Writers Finally Collect
Payments of more than $9 million have finally been issued to thousands of freelance writers following the 2014 settlement of a class action case filed in the wake of the landmark Tasini vs. New York Times, the seminal legal battle of the digital publishing era.
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Libraries
University Presses Are Not in Crisis
The Week in Libraries, April 27, 2018: Among the headlines this week, changing the narrative on university press publishing; FSU says it will bail on its "unsustainable" Elsevier contract; and, is open access making a difference yet?
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Libraries
For Libraries, It Was a Good Week on Capitol Hill
The Week in Libraries, April 20, 2018: Among this week's headlines, a copyright treaty to extend book access to the blind and print disabled sails through its Senate hearing; Support builds for FY2019 federal library funding.
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Publisher News
OUP Moves Up Forthcoming Book on Facebook
The press is crashing Siva Vaidhyanathan’s 'Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy' for a June publication.
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Libraries
Libraries Offer Many Services, But Reading Is Foundational
PW library columnist Sari Feldman on how putting books first has proven to be a winning strategy for her library.
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Libraries
MLS Not Required: After Contentious Debate, ALA Ballot Measure Fails
The Week in Libraries, April 13, 2018—Among this week's headlines: No MLS required for the next ALA boss; Wanda Brown wins ALA presidency.
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair 2018: Robert Darnton on Publishing Then and Now
PW talks to the renowned historian and former Harvard University librarian about his new book, 'A Literary Tour de France,' and the publishing business then, and now.
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair 2018: Why Amazon’s 'Digital Roots' Will Reshape Physical Retail
On a Christmas Eve shopping visit to the bustling Amazon Books in New York, journalist Cherie Hu realized that Amazon had flipped the table on the analog environment of traditional bookselling.
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair 2018: Meet the World’s First #1 Bestselling ‘Blockchain’ Author
Does the burgeoning technology—best known in the finance industry for powering cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin—hold promise for publishing?
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair 2018: Why the Problem with Facebook, Is Facebook
In the the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, PW talks to University of Virginia Media Studies professor Siva Vaidhyanathan, author of the forthcoming 'Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy' (Oxford University Press) about Facebook’s sprawling influence in our lives, and what happens next.
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