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COVID-19: Special Offers, Events, News, and Updates From Library Vendors, Publishers, Online Services, and Others
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The links below provide updates and special offers from vendors and other companies that work with the library community. Latest Additions Expanded Access to JSTOR During Covid-19 Crisis Follett, Baker and Taylor Team to Provide Free Access to PreK-12 Interactive Resources for Public Library Partners Last Update: 5:00 p.m. on April 15, 2020 ACM Digital […]
Report: Audible to Settle with Seven Publishers in Captions Lawsuit
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UPDATE Feb. 6, 2020: Copyright: US Publishers Succeed in ‘Audible Captions’ Case (via Publishing Perspectives) From The Bookseller: Amazon’s audiobook company Audible has reached a settlement with a group of seven US publishers in the copyright lawsuit against the firm’s Captions programme, according to a letter from Audible’s legal team. [Clip] In a letter to […]
NPD Reports “Fifty Shades of Grey” Was the Best-Selling Book of the Decade in the U.S.
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From NPD: The best-selling book of the past decade in the United States was “Fifty Shades of Grey,” by E.L. James, which sold 15.2 million copies from 2010 through 2019. In fact, the series holds the top three positions on the decade’s top-ten ranking list, with nearly 35 million print and e-book sales, according to […]
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) Releases Results of Comics in Education Survey, Includes List of Top 10 Comics in Used in Schools
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From a CBLDF Blog Post: Results of a survey released today by Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, the industry’s leading voice for free speech advocacy and education, offers concrete evidence of what has been long been believed true but unverified: teachers and students are embracing comics as valuable tools in the classroom. This groundbreaking work […]
Report: “Major Book Publishers Sue Amazon’s Audible Over New Speech-to-Text Feature”
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UPDATED POST September 12, 2019 Audible Tells Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) it Will Press Pause on Full Captions Rollout (by Andrew Albanese, PW) From The Verge: Some of the world’s largest book publishers have jointly filed a lawsuit against Amazon-owned audiobook company Audible today over a new, controversial speech-to-text feature the literary industry claims […]
The following article was recently published by PLOS One. Title How Do Online Learners Study? The Psychometrics of Students’ Clicking Patterns in Online Courses Authors Mohini Tellakat University of Texas at Austin Ryan L. Boyd University of Texas at Austin James W. Pennebaker University of Texas at Austin Source PLoS ONE 14(3): e0213863 Abstract College […]
From Scholastic: Scholastic today released results from the seventh edition of its Kids & Family Reading Report™, a biennial national survey of parents’ and children’s reading attitudes and behaviors. Those surveyed include more than 1,000 pairs of children ages 6–17 and their parents, as well as 678 parents of kids ages 0–5. The research reveals the […]
1. 509,867 Students Read 135,865,170 Minutes in the Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge 2. Twitter Releases New Policy on ‘Dehumanizing Speech’ (via Wired) 3. JISC Shares Outcomes From Group Purchasing Pilot Two 4. bibliotheca Announces Organizational Change: Matthew Bellamy Moving From Chief Commercial Officer to President Americas 5. Facebook, Google to Tackle Spread of Fake News, Advisors […]
NPD Group (NPD Bookscan) Reports Print Book Sales Rose 2 Percent in the First Half of 2018
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From NPD: Print book sales are trending upward, due to growth in adult nonfiction titles, specifically religious books, cookbooks, and political books. Sales volume in the first half of 2018 rose 2 percent, year over year, to reach 317 million units, according to The NPD Group. Print Book Category Growth Led by Adult Non-Fiction Titles […]
1. Record Response to James Patterson & Scholastic Book Clubs’ 2018 Classroom Library Campaign 2. ALA Announces New Study to Explore Public Library Services For New Americans 3. Milestones: ORCID US Community Reaches 100 Members
