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May 15, 2016

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Here is the top literary news of the week:

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May 8th, 2016

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Here is the top literary news of the week:

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April 25, 2016

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April 25, 2016

This week: We’re a day late, Bah! The Pulitzer Prize winners were announced, and I struck out again, the Supreme Court threw out the Copyright challenge to Google Books, Dr. Carla Hayden had her Senate confirmation hearing to be the next Librarian of Congress, Overdrive is adding Batman and other DC Comics friends, and there are some exciting new partnerships between universities, public libraries, and digital infrastructure companies. All this, plus the New York Times Bestsellers, Literally This Week.

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April 17th, 2016

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April 17th, 2016

This week: Philip Pullman marks the decline of publishers, the ALA shared the most challenged books of 2015, Harlequin’s HQ Imprint is going nonfiction this fall, Amazon has a new Kindle with an incredible battery life, Germany doesn’t like a poem making fun of the Turkish President, Ganxy is now allowing bulk eBook sales, and a panel discussion looked at the role of women in the publishing world. All this, plus the New York Times Bestsellers, Literally This Week.

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April 10, 2016

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April 10, 2016

This week: We’re back after an unfortunate absence and Uganda is building a reading culture, there’s a new James Thurber story, Arlington County is seeking its first poet laureate, the EU is granting open access to scientific data and looking to lower the VAT for eBooks, and a copy of Shakespeare’s first folio has been located in Scotland. All this, plus the New York Times Bestsellers, Literally This Week.

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February 21, 2016

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February 21, 2016

This week: is Amazon up to no good, the U.S. government is looking into it, libraries are under threat in the UK, two Tolkien poems have been found, privilege in publishing is in check, an author speaks out about their pulled book, and the world said goodbye to two literary giants. All this, plus the New York Times Bestsellers, Literally This Week.

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February 15, 2016

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February 15, 2016

This week: the UK’s National Libraries Day was a success, Harper Lee is going to Broadway, Neil Gaiman is coming to Sky Television, is France really reading eBooks?, Bookstore sales are up, and there’s a new Harry Potter book coming this summer. All this, plus the New York Times Bestsellers, Literally This Week.

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February 8, 2016

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February 8, 2016

This week: Awards, awards, and more awards, Finnegan’s wake gets a musical accompaniement, Barnes and Noble is helping put your kids in a story, Dubai is building a super library, Joan Didion rocks, Amazon might be opening more bookstores, and the favorite Harry Potter spell was announced. All this, plus the New York Times Bestsellers, Literally This Week

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February 1, 2016

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February 1, 2016

This week, Is the Oxford English Dictionary being sexist, The Times of London and Wall Street Journal are strengthening their paywalls, J.K. Rowling has won the PEN Award, there’s a ‘new’ book coming from Beatrix Potter, and a literary magazine has launched just for users of the deep web. All this, plus the New York Times Bestsellers, Literally This Week.

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January 11, 2016

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January 11, 2016

This week, the Golden Globes have been announced, as well as the Costa Book Awards, and the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and Non-Fiction. International Book Giving Day has a poster, War and Peace is soon coming to your TV screen, and Philip Pullman adds to the trouble for big publishers. All this, plus the New York Times Bestsellers, Literally This Week.

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