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Jun 12 2020: Internet Archive is ending its program of offering free, unrestricted copies of e-books because of a lawsuit from publishers, which said lending out books without compensation for authors or publishing houses was “willful mass copyright infringement.” ...
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Jun 11 2020: The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced $84 million in grants for 1,144 projects, including 62 for literary arts organizations, worth a total of $1.4 million.
The NEA noted that while applications for these grants were submitted during the summer of 2019,...
Jun 11 2020: Net publishing sales fell 3.5% in April compared to April 2019 for the 1,361 publishers who report revenue to AAP’s StatShot program. The small decline, however, is deceiving. Gross sales fell in the monthly comparison, dropping 16%, but were offset by a nearly 49% drop...
Jun 11 2020: Merriam-Webster is revising its entry on racism after a recent college graduate in Missouri, inspired by the protests and debates about what it means to be racist, urged editors to make changes...
...Peter Sokolowski, an editor at large at Merriam-Webster, said in an...
Jun 11 2020: Stars of the "Harry Potter" movie franchise have joined trans activists in standing with the transgender community after the publication of a lengthy essay by author J.K Rowling. In the 3,600-word piece, published on her website on Wednesday, Rowling explained why she ...
Jun 10 2020: London's earliest playhouse may have been discovered at a housing redevelopment in Whitechapel, archaeologists have said.
The Red Lion was thought to be the first purpose-built theatre of the Elizabethan era but its location has long been disputed.
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Jun 10 2020: The investment firm KKR has completed its purchase of OverDrive, which distributes eBooks, audiobooks, music, and video titles to more than 45,000 libraries worldwide. On Christmas Eve, KKR announced it had reached an agreement to acquire the digital reading platform ...
Jun 09 2020: After three months of an unprecedented lockdown to mitigate the spread of Covid-19, public libraries across the U.S. are now in the process of reopening. A recent American Library Association membership survey found 37% of respondents expect a phased reopening to begin ...
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