A tale of two readerships during the coronavirus lockdown

Posted on 05/16/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Two complementary stories on reading trends crossed our newswire this week. On one hand, as we happily shared with a...

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Tagged As: coronavirus / COVID-19, Reading, The Guardian

Are we truly reading more? And what are we reading, if so?

Posted on 05/08/2020 at 12:17 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We know which toys and which recipes are becoming lifesavers during the shelter-in-place period (try finding yeast or puzzles nowadays)....

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Tagged As: coronavirus / COVID-19, Reading

Gallup poll: Going to the library is Americans' favorite cultural activity

Posted on 01/24/2020 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Okay, we’re sure you’ll all tell us that you went to the library FAR more often in 2019 that the...

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Tagged As: Libraries, Reading

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

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

Jason Reynolds is the new national ambassador for young people’s literature

Posted on 01/14/2020 at 09:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Congratulations to author Jason Reynolds — and young readers — on his selection as the new national ambassador for young...

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Tagged As: Children's literature, Reading, Young adult literature

The Digital Reader’s prediction for ebooks

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

We hope the first day of 2020 has treated you well and are checking back in to provide another dose...

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

The past decade in books, two ways

Posted on 12/30/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’ve delivered the past-decade retrospective to authors; now it’s time for readers to think back on all the changes they’ve...

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Why some libraries are happily ditching overdue fines

Posted on 12/04/2019 at 07:57 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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You may have missed it, but at the beginning of the year, the American Library Association passed a resolution urging...

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Tagged As: Libraries, NPR, Reading