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Mar 20 2020: Powell's Books, which has five locations in Portland, Ore., and whose City of Books location is among the largest independent bookstores in the country, will remain closed for a minimum of eight weeks—a term that will put a massive strain on the company.
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Mar 18 2020: Amazon have announced that book deliveries will be delayed so as to meet the surge in demand for "household staples, medical supplies, and other high demand products," which makes this an even better time to support your local bookstore--most of which are now offering ...
Mar 18 2020: In a surprise announcement today, Macmillan abandoned its controversial embargo on new release e-books in libraries, effective this week.
“There are times in life when differences should be put aside,” reads a brief memo from Macmillan CEO John Sargent addressed to ...
Mar 16 2020: Since Thursday, a range of bookstores have announced temporary closings because of the pandemic. Among them are Powells in Oregon, The Strand in New York and WORD Bookstores in Brooklyn. But many are promising to mail books to customers so if you are looking for a book ...
Mar 13 2020: A new report from the National Endowment for the Arts tracked American reading habits in 2017 and found that 55% of all U.S. adults did some form of book-reading in the year (outside of work or school), with reading levels similar to earlier studies from 2008 and 2012.
Mar 13 2020: Out of an abundance of caution, the Library of Congress announced today that all Library of Congress buildings and facilities will be closed to the public starting at 5 p.m. today until Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at 8 a.m. to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID-19 ...
Mar 11 2020: Shelf Awareness catalogs the growing list of cancellations and postponements of book related events including the Tucson Festival of Books, The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, the National Book Critics Circle award ceremony, the Virginia Festival of Books, plus a ...
Mar 10 2020: Award-winning mystery writer Barbara Neely, who created the first black female sleuth series in mainstream American publishing, died March 2 after a brief illness. She was 78.
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