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Barnes & Noble to Open 30 Stores in 2023

Dec 21 2022: Barnes & Noble plans to open 30 stores in 2023 and over the past year opened more stores than it closed, according to the Wall Street Journal, which said the company has "experienced robust customer demand coming out of the pandemic as all booksellers benefited from ...

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NYC public libraries say proposed budget cuts may 'push us over the edge'

Dec 20 2022: New York City's public libraries may have to cut staff, hours, branches and programming as they face potential multi-million-dollar budget cuts in Mayor Eric Adams’ plan to curtail city spending.

Under the administration’s so-called Program to Eliminate the Gap, city...

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Ukrainian publishers fight on

Dec 20 2022: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues to disrupt Ukraine’s publishing industry, as warehouses are destroyed, logistics break down, and employees are displaced. Moreover, Russia continues to try to undermine, delegitimize, and ultimately eradicate Ukrainian culture, as ...

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Authors co-host rally at Harper headquarters; agents 'overwhelmingly' support strike

Dec 16 2022: Unionized HarperCollins employees are planning to rally outside the company's headquarters at 195 Broadway in Manhattan's Financial District at 12:30 p.m. on December 16, according to the union. Authors including Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, R.F. Kuang, and Molly McGhee ...

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650+ authors and literary agents will not submit new books to HarperCollins until strike ends favorably for HC employees

Dec 14 2022: About 250 HarperCollins employees have been on strike for more than a month, fighting for better pay, union protections, and diversity initiatives. An open letter of support for the employees striking has reached 8,500 signatures according to the union. A separate ...

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Why the HarperCollins strike matters to readers

Dec 14 2022: It’s been more than a month since Laura Harshberger, a senior production editor at HarperCollins (a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp.), stopped producing children’s books and went on strike with more than 200 colleagues in New York City.

“We are not striking ...

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Bookforum to cease publication

Dec 13 2022: Bookforum magazine has announced that it will cease publication. The New York-based magazine's most recent issue, which was released this month, will be its last.

Bookforum was launched in 1994 as a literary supplement to the magazine Artforum...The magazine's ...

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USA Today pauses bestseller list, lays off presiding editor

Dec 13 2022: USA Today told the Associated Press that its weekly bestseller book list will go on "hiatus for the remainder of the year” after its presiding editor was laid off in a round of budget-saving cuts on December 1, initiated by the newspaper's parent company, Gannett. In ...

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