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‘Emergency’ Online Library Draws Ire of Some Authors
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Internet Archive has made 1.4 million books available free online, which some say hurts writers and advances a harmful “copyright ideology.” It was initially pr...
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They Were Meant to Be the Season’s Big Books. Then the Virus Struck.
Alexandra Alter//37 views
With stores temporarily shut down and other industry disruptions, some of the most anticipated titles of the spring are being pushed back to later in the year. ...
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With Kids Learning From Home, Children’s Publishers See a Spike
Alexandra Alter//45 views
As schools close during the coronavirus crisis, sales of reading and writing workbooks, flash cards and activity books have skyrocketed. The top-selling book on...
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The World of Books Braces for a Newly Ominous Future
Alexandra Alter//32 views/1 comments
Publishers, bookstores and authors are struggling to confront and limit the financial fallout from the unfolding coronavirus crisis. In these isolated times, ma...
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London Book Fair Canceled Over Coronavirus Fears
Alexandra Alter//43 views
The annual publishing event was scheduled to begin next week, with more than 25,000 expected to attend. The London Book Fair, one of the publishing industry’s b...