The bestselling author and former US President will address librarians on June 29. The big event, though, isn’t the first Obama appearance for ALA.

Forget what you learned about the origin of printing. Movable type using Chinese porcelain pegs was invented by Bi Sheng in 1040, four centuries before Gutenberg and his press. And where there is printing, there is copyright, too. So, yes,

“We made the decision to pivot to digital over the summer and very quickly had to turn around an infrastructure that would support a digital meeting.”

The all-virtual US Book Show fills a vacuum in the publishing industry left when BookExpo ceased operations.

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HarperCollins, the second largest US trade publisher, has concluded its $349 million acquisition of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s trade division.

Estimates vary, but at least 3 million Iranians have emigrated since 1979. The United States has the largest such community, centered in Los Angeles, and fancifully called Tehrangeles. Many other Iranians and their families live in Turkey, Germany,

In the U.S., public library usage stats reveal a 31% drop in building use over eight years, up to 2018.

“For research libraries, there is a strong need to champion the importance of digital preservation,” says Alicia Wise, recently appointed Executive Director of CLOCKSS.

“Publishing staff are insisting on change and pursuing change at a pace that may be more aggressive than leadership would like,” says PW’s Andrew Albanese.