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Challenging School Book Challenges
“Attempts to purge schools of books” are part of “a partisan political battle fought in school board meetings and state legislatures” charges the National Coalition Against Censorship.
Whales Dominate Global Publishing
For a quarter-century, the business narrative across all sectors in publishing is a story of mergers and acquisitions.
Review or Censorship?
Are Washington censors trying to block from publication "shocking details" of "a White House bent on circumventing the Constitution”?
Media-Nxt, The Future of Media
To see into the future of media, exit Interstate 81 in Syracuse, New York, and head to the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.
There’s A Library in Your Future
Librarians miss you, and they want you back. That’s just one finding of an unprecedented survey of 4,000 librarians and patrons.
School Libraries Face Push to Ban Books
“We’re now seeing a 60% year-to-year increase in book challenges,” reports Andrew Albanese, Publishers Weekly.
An African Platform for African Research
“This is a platform by Africans, for Africans, on African research. It can’t get better than that,” says Joy Owango.
Authors Guild Statement Supports DOJ Antitrust Move
“The Authors Guild is thrilled the DOJ has taken on the case on behalf of authors,” notes PW’s Andrew Albanese. “But I think it is fair to say that Amazon remains in focus for many.”
Reckoning with Remote Research
Revealing insights on what pandemic lockdowns meant for drug researchers who also were caregivers.
DOJ Moves to Block PRH Acquisition of Rival S&S
“This acquisition would enable Penguin Random House, which is already the largest book publisher in the world, to exert outsized influence over which books are published in the United States and how m