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Library Futures investigates content bans in research databases
Library Futures, a nonprofit organization that addresses library policy and digital access, has released a report on the censorship of e-resources used by students for classroom research. Neo-Censorship in U.S. Libraries: An Investigation Into Digital Content Suppression details the targeting of educational databases and the rise of legal challenges against libraries, reminding readers to look […]
ABA goes into damage control mode after contentious WI2025 community forum
A week after Winter Institute 2025 wrapped up in Denver on February 26, the American Booksellers Association dedicated Thursday's issue of its weekly Bookselling This Week newsletter to respond to criticisms raised at a contentious WI2025 community forum. During that forum, booksellers criticized the ABA leadership and board for their refusal for more than a […]
The book business prepares for tariff turmoil
President Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada, as well as a 10% increase to tariffs on goods from China, went into effect on March 4—and although the tariffs had been delayed once before, the publishing and printing industries are still left with more questions than answers as they look for ways […]
Sophie Elmhirst's Maurice and Maralyn wins Nero book of the year prize
A book by a Guardian long read writer about the true story of a couple who were lost at sea for 118 days in the 70s after their boat was struck by a whale has won the Nero Gold prize. Sophie Elmhirst was presented with the £30,000 award for her book Maurice and Maralyn: An […]
AAP announces 2025 Prose Award category winners
The Association of American Publishers has announced the 37 category winners for the 49th annual PROSE Awards, honoring professional and scholarly works published in 2024.
Cultural organizations protest Trump efforts to confine speech for federal grantees
Seven free speech organizations—led by the National Coalition Against Censorship and including AICA International, Artists at Risk Connection, the Authors Guild, Dramatists Guild of America, Dramatists Legal Defense Fund, and PEN America—issued a statement this week expressing outrage at "the Trump Administration's recent efforts to establish ideological control over federally-funded cultural initiatives in the United […]
PEN America report zooms in on school year 2023–2024 book bans
In a new report out today called "Cover to Cover," PEN America provides a comprehensive analysis of the 4,128 unique titles that it determined were removed from public schools nationwide during the 2023–2024 academic year—the result of more than 10,000 instances of school book bans over that time period. With this latest look at its […]
All 13 writers on International Booker longlist are first-time nominees
The 2025 list features the highest-ever number of independent publishers, with 12 of 13 titles coming from indie presses. Though the most recent Nobel prize in literature winner Han Kang was eligible for this year's prize with her book We Do Not Part, translated from Korean by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris, she did […]
New bills in Iowa threaten to tighten obscenity provisions for libraries
Two pieces of state legislation recently introduced in Iowa challenge the state's obscenity code related to libraries and schools and threaten libraries with civil action related to allegedly obscene materials. House File 274 would repeal a section of the Iowa Code that addresses obscenity exemptions for public libraries and educational institutions, while Senate File 347 […]
Readerlink will stop distributing mass market paperbacks at the end of 2025
Sales of mass market paperbacks have steadily declined in recent years, to the point where they accounted for only about 3% of units sold at retailers that report to Circana BookScan in 2024. The format will take another big blow at the end of 2025, when Readerlink will stop distributing mass market paperbacks to its […]