Posted on November 5, 2024 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each story. Your choice!
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The largest publisher in the Netherlands will use artificial intelligence to translate a "limited number of books" into English (The Guardian).
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Here are some of the big book-to-screen adaptations coming out this month (Book Riot).
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Terry Gross talks to actor Al Pacino about his new memoir, Sonny Boy, including how he almost refused to do the sequel to The Godfather (NPR).
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More than eighty writers, illustrators, and environmentalists have collaborated on an ebook about the climate crisis that will be available to all UK primary school students for free (The Guardian).
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Only 34.6 percent of readers ages eight to eighteen told the UK's National Literacy Trust that they enjoy reading in their spare time, marking the lowest level in almost two decades (The Guardian).
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An open letter calling for boycotts of Israeli cultural institutions over their treatment of Palestinians has added 5,500 more signatures from authors, book workers, and other figures (Literary Hub).
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Special editions of books are increasingly popular, even among new releases (Publishers Weekly).
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"Blind dates" with books are becoming increasingly popular at bookstores in the US (The New York Times).
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