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London Book FairLondon Book Fair 2018: Meet the World’s First #1 Bestselling ‘Blockchain’ Author
Does the burgeoning technology—best known in the finance industry for powering cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin—hold promise for publishing?
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair 2018: Why the Problem with Facebook, Is Facebook
In the the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, PW talks to University of Virginia Media Studies professor Siva Vaidhyanathan, author of the forthcoming 'Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy' (Oxford University Press) about Facebook’s sprawling influence in our lives, and what happens next.
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair 2018: How Committed Is Canada to Its Writers and Publishers?
Two recently filed lawsuits have intensified the copyright battle in Canada following the country's 2012 Copyright Modernization Act.
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair 2018: Four Questions for...Brianna Schofield, Executive Director of the Authors Alliance
Ahead of its fourth anniversary, how is the organization faring? PW recently caught up with Brianna Schofield, executive directors of the Authors Alliance.
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair 2018: Testing the Limits of Big Data
Our lives these days are increasingly shaped by data. But in his latest book, 'The Efficiency Paradox: What Big Data Can't Do', Edward Tenner documents how the futurist’s dream of a friction-free world has dimmed considerably.
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair 2018: 30 Years After 'The Alchemist' Paulo Coelho is Still Making Magic
As his bestselling work turns 30, the internationally revered author is set to publish his new book, 'Hippie.'
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair 2018: Four Questions for Paulo Coelho
PW caught up with Coelho ahead of the London Book Fair to ask about his new book, and to get his quick take on the publishing industry today.
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair 2018: Check Out the Translation Database
Now hosted on the Publishers Weekly website, the Translation Database is a huge boon for the translation community, and an invaluable resource.
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair 2018: Publishing in the 'Mid-Digital' Age
“We live in this amazing age where incredible things are possible, but people are routinely quite disappointed,” said Tom Goodwin, head of innovation for Zenith Media, in his opening keynote at the London Book Fair’s Quantum pre-conference.
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Libraries
Are We Headed for a Pay-for-Privacy World?
The Week in Libraries: April 6, 2018: Among this week's headlines, Apple and Facebook weigh in on your privacy; Librarians weigh in on the 2020 Census; And via Twitter, a mystery in a Scottish library.
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Libraries
Tim Wu: Net Neutrality 'As Important, If Not More Important, than the First Amendment'
“If we do one thing over the next few years,” Wu said, “it must be to restore net neutrality it must be to restore our informational freedoms.”
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Libraries
America Faces a ‘Crisis in Trust’—Librarians Can Help Fix It
The Week in Libraries: March 30, 2018: At PLA, librarians show they ‘get it’; Libraries get a bump in the 2018 federal budget (and a warning for next year); And the New York Times looks at two of Wikipedia’s young citizen editors.
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Libraries
The Week in Libraries: March 23, 2018
Among this week's headlines: Despite another blizzard, librarians make it to PLA in Philadelphia; Mark Zuckerberg is sorry; And Congress passes a bill that critics say will harm free speech online.
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Libraries
PLA 2018: In Opening Keynote, Sally Yates Defends Truth, Justice, and the American Way
Yates, the former U.S. Attorney General, urged librarians to stand up for truth in these unprecedented—and exhausting—political times.
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Libraries
Three Librarians Share Tips for Nurturing Early Literacy
Buddy programs, play, and story time are among the ways librarians help children engage with one another and their families.
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Libraries
TLA 2018 Preview: Telling Stories in Texas
A star-studded lineup of authors and speakers awaits librarians at the 2018 Texas Library Association conference in Dallas—but the spotlight will also shine brightly on librarians’ own stories.
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Libraries
The Week in Libraries: March 16, 2018
Among this week's headlines: National Geographic owns up to its 'racist' past; Alexie declines the Carnegie Medal; and a library director faces online harassment after a speech on diversity.
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Libraries
Who Should Lead ALA?
The American Library Association is facing significant financial challenges. The Trump administration wants to gut federal support for libraries. And librarians are fighting over whether our next executive director should be required to have a MLS degree.
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Libraries
Alexie Declines Literary Award; Paperback Release Postponed
Amid a growing number of allegations of sexual misconduct, Sherman Alexie has declined the 2018 ALA’s Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction and asked Hachette Book Group to postpone release of the paperback edition of the book.
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Libraries
The Week in Libraries: March 9, 2018
Among this week's headlines: The FY2019 budget battle begins; why a bill aimed at sex trafficking is causing censorship concerns; and how the University of Michigan I-School is fighting fake news.
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