News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Bookish News Barnes & Noble Being Sued in Virginia Beach over Gender Queer, A Court of Mist and Fury. (Book Riot) Not content with banning books… Read more »
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News & Notes – 5/14/2022
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Literary Losses Patricia A. McKillip, World Fantasy Award-winning author of The Forgotten Beasts of Eld, the Riddle-Master of Hed trilogy, and more than 15 other books,… Read more »
News & Notes – 4/09/2022
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Bookish News Congress Investigates Book Banning in Schools (Publisher’s Weekly; also House Committee on Oversight and Reform) Banned in the USA: Rising School Book Bans Threaten… Read more »
News & Notes – 2/26/2022
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Bookish News Russia’s War of Words with Ukraine (Publishers Weekly) International publishers’ associations react to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which is likely to impact Ukrainian and… Read more »
News & Notes – 2/19/2022
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Bookish News Court Blocks Maryland’s Library E-book Law, granting a preliminary injunction in response to the Association of American Publishers’ motion. The judge seemed to side… Read more »
News & Notes – 2/12/2022
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Bookish News Tenn. Comic Shop’s Maus Fundraiser Garners $90K (Shelf Awareness) After Hearing, Maryland’s E-book Law Hangs in the Balance (Publishers Weekly). Meanwhile… Tennessee, Missouri Introduce Library E-book… Read more »
News & Notes – 2/05/2022
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Bookish News Maryland Lawyers Say E-book Law Is a Defense of Public Libraries. The American Association of Publishers contends that the Copyright Act preempts the Maryland… Read more »
News & Notes – 1/29/2022
News & Notes is an occasional Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Bookish News 2022 Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, and other ALA award winners (Publishers Weekly; ALA) It was a great year for diverse books and authors. The Newbery… Read more »
News & Notes – 9/25/2021
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Bookish News Banned Books Week begins September 26! Jason Reynolds is this year’s honorary chair. There are several events occuring on Twitter or live on Facebook;… Read more »
News & Notes – 8/21/2021
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff. Bookish News Erotic Romance Author Accused of Plagiarizing Fanfiction (The Mary Sue) Specifically, Romilly King is accused of plagiarizing a Castiel fanfic found on AO3. The… Read more »