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Book orgs call out HarperCollins silence (This week in books)

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This week! Books! Murdoch-owned publisher HarperCollins was a very notable non-signer of a letter from major publishers speaking out against the Trump administration’s move to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services, an institution that provides crucial support for the nation’s museums and libraries. Advocacy organization Authors Against Book Bans, the HarperCollins union, and […]

Meta argues pirated books have no economic value (This week in books)

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This week! Books! The U.S. Naval Academy’s library has banned books like I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou and The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, while Mein Kampf and white supremacist texts remain on the shelves. I wonder why. Twelve students and the ACLU have sued defense secretary Pete Hegseth […]

Meta: “Censorship for thee and not for me” (This week in books)

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This week! Books! Earlier this year, Mark Zuckerberg went on a conservative apologia tour and, on the Joe Rogan show naturally, declared Facebook’s own fact-checking program like “something out of 1984” and that he worried about Facebook becoming “this sort of decider of what is true in the world.” No longer would Facebook be in […]

Bookshop.org launches e-books! (This week in books)

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This week! Books! Some really terrific news for the book world this week as independent online bookseller Bookshop.org has launched its long-awaited e-book platform. You can now buy e-books that support many of your favorite independent bookstores! I gave the app a spin, and it looks great. For now they have traditionally published books, but […]

The book world rallies for Los Angeles (This week in books)

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This week! Books! In a week where we have a new president and rich, evil dweebs are out doing Nazi salutes, the fight to ban books continues apace. In Utah, students can no longer even bring their personal copies of banned books to school. The list of banned books includes perennial book ban favorite Ellen […]

This Year in Books (2024)

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This year! Books! If last year’s edition of This Year in Books was characterized by a cloudy crystal ball as we seemed on the precipice of change, 2024 was a year when some of those swirling elements came into focus. And… Not great, Bob! Now, let me be clear: if you zoom out, the publishing […]