The Authors Guild releases a letter sent to the president of a South Carolina police association: ‘Attempts at censorship by law enforcement organizations cannot be tolerated in a democracy.’
Pictures From Madrid: Spain’s Unique Casa del Lector and Its Intensive Focus on Reading
Casa del Lector is a community space in Madrid that hosts events for the public and families with the goal of promoting building reading habits.
YA Novels Prompt Police Objections to Summer Reading List in South Carolina
‘The Hate U Give’ by Angie Thomas and ‘All American Boys’ by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely have been challenged on a high school summer reading list by police and other supporters.
To Bolster Literacy and Publishing, Romanian Author-Politician Launches a ‘Pact for Books’
Facing what he calls Romania’s ‘extremely shameful record’ in literacy and book culture, Bucharest MP Ovidiu Raeţchi is talking up his ‘Pact for Books’ aimed at boosting book sales.
As BookExpo and New York Rights Fair Open: Warnings for Publishers
‘Your competitors like Netflix, Amazon Prime and Audible,’ publishers will hear this year at BookExpo and the rival rights fair, ‘are more than willing to fill the gap.’
Russian Government Initiates a Program Promoting a Return to Summer Reading
With what’s described as a waning summer-reading habit since the end of the Soviet era, Russian government officials say they’re working on a new program to promote vacation reading both for youngsters and adults this year.
Greece Opens Athens’ Year as UNESCO’s World Book Capital
International officials and media gather on World Book Day to open the 18th UNESCO World Book Capital program in Athens, celebrating what Greece’s Prokopis Pavlopoulos calls ‘the powerful potential of books.’
Readers Rack Up Pages Read in Free Translations from AmazonCrossing for World Book Day
A fast-updating ticker from Amazon Charts is displaying how many pages have been read in nine AmazonCrossing translations that can be downloaded free through April 24 in recognition of World Book Day.
Storytelling Competition from Film and Television: What Can Publishers Do?
Publishing’s traditional position as society’s main storytelling industry may be in jeopardy. At a Byte the Book session during London Book Fair, speakers discussed how publishers can remain competitive.
National Book Foundation’s ‘Book Rich Environments’ Enters Second Season
The program, run by the foundation that presents the annual National Book Award, is designed to distribute free, new books to young readers through public housing authorities in the United States.