Penguin Random House is leaving unlimited-access reading services

Posted on 01/22/2020 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Penguin Random House will be removing all of its digital and audio titles from unlimited-access subscription services. PRH ebooks in...

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Tagged As: Audiobook, E-reader, Reading, The Bookseller, The Digital Reader

The man who slices books in half for easier reading ... was serious

Posted on 01/22/2020 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Yesterday, we shared a viral Tweet from a man who literally cuts books in half to make them more portable....

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Tagged As: Reading, The Guardian

"American Dirt," a tale of Mexican migrants, draws high praise and heavy criticism

Posted on 01/22/2020 at 08:49 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Jeanine Cummins’s new novel, American Dirt, had been declared one of the most anticipated books of 2020. And now that...

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Tagged As: Book reviews, Diversity, NPR, Politics, The Guardian

Famed art detective recovers 15th-century poetry collection

Posted on 01/21/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The “Indiana Jones of the Art World” has saved another literary treasure. Arthur Brand, who counts among his many other...

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Tagged As: Memorabilia, Poetry

Read an excerpt from Hunger Games prequel "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes"

Posted on 01/21/2020 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Entertainment Weekly unveiled an excerpt from Suzanne Collins’s upcoming Hunger Games prequel today — and it has certainly made a...

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Tagged As: Excerpt, Young adult literature

Isabel Allende's new novel, "A Long Petal of the Sea," is out

Posted on 01/21/2020 at 12:03 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Happy release day to author Isabel Allende! Her brand-new novel, A Long Petal of the Sea, follows refugees of the...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Excerpt, Historical fiction, NPR, The New York Times, Women in literature, Writer's Digest

OverDrive: 2019 was another record year for digital book checkouts

Posted on 01/21/2020 at 09:57 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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2019 was yet another record year for digital book lending, according to Rakuten OverDrive. In total, 326 million ebooks, audiobooks,...

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Tagged As: Audiobook, E-reader, Libraries, Reading

Study: Libraries' boycott of Macmillan is having a financial effect

Posted on 01/21/2020 at 08:22 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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In the face of Macmillan’s ebook license limits, enacted last year, many library systems announced that they would completely boycott...

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Tagged As: E-reader, Libraries

Take a look at the Discworld-inspired show "The Watch"

Posted on 01/20/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Did you check out the first images from the BBC’s The Watch last week? If not, here’s a sneak peek...

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Tagged As: Fantasy, Pop culture, TV adaptation

Author Bryan Stevenson on addressing the injustices of the past

Posted on 01/20/2020 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

As you may know, the new movie Just Mercy is based on a memoir of the same name by lawyer...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Nonfiction, NPR