Indie publishers lose a major distributor; Hugo Awards finalists announced; Google discontinuing “news” search refinement; Herculaneum scroll partially deciphered; authors and translators facing threats from AI; and more book news and interesting articles.
This week’s links include: lots of book banning and library news; ChatGPT and copyrighted materials; Tor.com rebrands; indie bookstore given to new owner; the ethics of biofiction; Ranger’s Apprentice series to get TV adaptation; plus reading challenges to check out, and more
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 Proposed Tennessee Bill Threatens Librarians with Fines or Jail Time (I Love Libraries) Overdrive drops automatic hold checkout, offers “hold redelivery” (Overdrive) The Coronavirus… Read more »
Read and Buried by Eva Gates Series: Lighthouse Library Mystery #6 Published by Crooked Lane Books on October 15, 2019 Genres: Cozy Mystery, Mystery Format: eARC Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Also by this author: By Book or By… October 11, 2019 Lark_Bookwyrm Blog Tours, Book Reviews 4 ★★★★
By Book or By Crook by Eva Gates Series: Lighthouse Library Mystery #1 Published by NAL on February 3, 2015 Genres: Cozy Mystery, Mystery Pages: 339 Format: Kindle or ebook Source: purchased Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Read… October 10, 2019 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 7 ★★★★
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Book News ALA Reports Strong Attendance at 2019 Annual Conference. The article also covers highlights and major issues from the conference. (Publishers Weekly) ALA Votes… Read more »
A Murder for the Books by Victoria Gilbert Series: Blue Ridge Library Mysteries #1 Published by Crooked Lane Books Genres: Cozy Mystery Pages: 336 Format: eARC Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Shelved Under Murder, Past Due for… Read more »
Shelved Under Murder by Victoria Gilbert Series: Blue Ridge Library Mysteries #2 Published by Crooked Lane Books Genres: Cozy Mystery Format: eARC Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble Add to Goodreads Also in this series: A Murder for the Books, Past Due for Murder, A… Read more »
Dear Fahrenheit 451 by Annie Spence Published by Flatiron Books on September 26, 2017 Pages: 256 Format: eARC Source: the publisher A Gen-X librarian’s laugh-out-loud funny, deeply moving collection of love letters and break-up notes to the books in her life. Librarians spend their lives weeding. Not weeds, but books!… March 26, 2018 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 10 ★★
Death Overdue Series: Haunted Library Mystery #1 on October 10, 2017 Pages: 336 Purchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble Add to Goodreads Carrie Singleton is just about done with Clover Ridge, Connecticut until she’s offered a job as the head of programs and events at the spooky local library, complete… October 16, 2017 Lark_Bookwyrm Blog Tours, Book Reviews, Giveaway, Guest Post 6
