News of note for readers: September 27, 2023

Posted on September 27, 2023 at 7:29 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Amazon, Awards, Bans and challenges, BookRiot, Bookstore, Lawsuit, NPR, Politics, The Guardian, The New York Times

An update on the Parisian booksellers

Posted on August 29, 2023 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Earlier this summer, we shared a link to a story about how the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris were posing...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Bookstore, Literary tourism

News of note for readers: August 15, 2023

Posted on August 15, 2023 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Artificial intelligence (AI), Bans and challenges, Bookstore, Excerpt, Libraries

News of note for readers: August 14, 2023

Posted on August 14, 2023 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Artificial intelligence (AI), Bookstore, Libraries, Poetry, Politics, Pop culture

Tech news for readers: August 7, 2023

Posted on August 7, 2023 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A few intriguing posts that combine literature and technology caught our eye ... If you're looking for a travel guide...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Artificial intelligence (AI), Bans and challenges, Bookstore, Libraries, New release, NPR, Social media and websites, The Guardian

Literary legal news: August 2, 2023

Posted on August 2, 2023 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A judge has granted preliminary injunctions against two parts of Arkansas's new book restriction law, which was set to take...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Bans and challenges, Bookstore, Lawsuit, Libraries, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, Publishers Weekly

Dangerous and endangered books

Posted on August 1, 2023 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Another theme that popped up in my RSS feeder these past few days was that of books and a sense...

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Tagged As: Bans and challenges, Bookstore, Children's literature, Libraries, Memoir, Politics

Utah school district restricts Bible access over parent complaint

Posted on June 5, 2023 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

You probably saw this news out of Utah already, but if not: A parent frustrated by book banning efforts in...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Bans and challenges, Bookstore, Libraries, Politics

Bookseller trade group is celebrating 2022's growth

Posted on May 24, 2023 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Bookstores were among the many businesses fearing decimation during the COVID-19 shutdowns. So the American Booksellers Association, a trade group...

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Tagged As: Bookstore, coronavirus / COVID-19

These reading sites add a little something extra

Posted on May 11, 2023 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Our RSS feeder recently delivered two posts about book spots that we'd love to be transported to right away ......

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Bookstore, Libraries, Literary tourism