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 »
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff It’s been a while since I posted News & Notes, and I apologize. I don’t even have a really good excuse. I’ve just been concentrating on… Read more »
Bookish News ‘We Wanted Our Patrons Back’ — Public Libraries Scrap Late Fines To Alleviate Inequity (NPR) Worth Reading/Viewing Sister act: how Little Women has come of age on the big screen (Aida Edemariam, The Guardian) TV and Movie News Beverly Jenkins Is Trailblazing Her Way onto Television (Book Riot)… Read more »
Worth Reading/Viewing The Evolution of the English Village Mystery, After the Golden Age (Deborah Crombie, CrimeReads) “Libraries are Not the Enemy:” A Guest Post from Wendy the SuperLibrarian on the Macmillan eBook Embargo (Smart Bitches, Trashy Books blog) The hunt for Shakespeare’s library: ‘I couldn’t stop looking if I wanted… 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 | Book Depository | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Also by this author: By Book or… 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 | Book Depository | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Also in this series:… October 10, 2019 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 7 ★★★★
Bookish News Amazon Makes ‘Climate Pledge’ As Workers Plan Walkout (NPR; see also Amazon’s press release) 2019 National Book Award Longlists Announced (Publishers Weekly) Tonga to open first public library system with thousands of books donated from NZ (RNZ) Worth Reading/Viewing Margaret Atwood: ‘For a long time we were moving… Read 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 Book News Libraries and Archivists Are Scanning and Uploading Books That Are Secretly in the Public Domain (Vice.com) Tennessee School Bans Harry Potter Books Because the… Read 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 Book News The 2019 Hugo Award nominations are out, and it’s a strong and blessedly Puppy-free list. And I’ve actually read one of this year’s nominated… Read 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 Book News Amazon announced a $15 minimum wage for all US employees. Wages for UK workers will also increase. (CNN) Also, Wired has some thoughts on why…. Read more »
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