News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Worth Reading/Viewing/Checking Out The Library is Open…Sort Of (Publishers Weekly) Brian Kenney looks at the pandemic’s effect on libraries now and its implications for the future…. Read more »
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News & Notes – August 8, 2020
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 The Hugo Awards were announced on August 1st, in an online ceremony because this year’s WorldCon, which was to be held in New Zealand,… Read more »
News & Notes – August 1, 2020
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 Publishers Play the Pandemic Waiting Game when it comes to regional fairs and returning to their offices. (Publishers Weekly) Edinburgh book festival sets up… Read more »
News & Notes – July 18, 2020
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 Joanna Cole, author of the bestselling Magic School Bus series, died Sunday, July 12, at the age of 75. The cause of death is… Read more »
News & Notes – July 4, 2020
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 ‘We’re back in business’: UK bookshops see sales soar (The Guardian) Print Units Jump at The End of June, at least in the US…. Read more »
News & Notes – 6/27/2020
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 Carlos Ruiz Zafón, the award-winning and internationally-bestselling Spanish author whose books include The Shadow of the Wind, died on June 19, 2020. He was… Read more »
News & Notes – 6/20/2020
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 Amistad Launches #BlackoutBestsellerList on Social Media (Publishers Weekly) NBCC Board, Down to Nine Members, Begins ‘Difficult Internal Work’. Of the National Book Critics Circle’s… Read more »
News & Notes – 6/13/2020
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 [American] Bookstores Go It Alone in Reopening. (Publishers Weekly) Many are being more cautious than their state guidelines require. ‘We’re so nervous’: England’s bookshops… Read more »
News & Notes – Coronavirus Edition, Week 12 (5/30/2020)
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 The Nebula Awards will be announced today (May 30), and you can watch the ceremony live on Facebook starting at 5:00 pm PDT (8:00… Read more »
News & Notes – Coronavirus Edition, Week 10 (5/16/2020)
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 Photo Essay: Bookstores Are Opening, Cautiously, Across the Country (Publishers Weekly) Print Unit Sales Up 9.9% In Early May (Publishers Weekly) Booksellers Look to… Read more »