Poets respond to coronavirus crisis with new NHS anthology
The past few weeks have seen a renewed appreciation in the UK for the National Health Service, as it battles the staggering pressure created by the number of people requiring… Read more »
New children’s book tells the story of the Chinese doctor who tried to warn the world about coronavirus
Dr. Li Wenliang was a Chinese ophthalmologist who worked at Wuhan Central Hospital. He was declared a “martyr,” the highest honour the Communist Party can bestow on a citizen killed working to serve… Read more »
Book industry grits collective teeth; hard road seen ahead
On April 9 the Book Industry Study Group held a collective survey and televideo call in response to the ongoing novel coronavirus, with a tone that could be best described… Read more »
Oxford English Dictionary charts sociolinguistic impact of Covid-19
Sitting at home thinking up puns on the word “Quar,” referring to your “covid boyfriend,” or texting your friends about what you’ll all do once “the ‘rona rolls through,” you are participating… Read more »
UK wholesaler Gardners reopens to fulfill single book orders
As all of us in the book biz know, we don’t have a ‘biz’ at all without a distribution network. We can publish, publicise, pontificate and, er, something else beginning… Read more »
Lockdown home cleaning sends book sales soaring
Are you struggling to get out of your coffee stained pyjamas every day? Is your washing up pile ever growing, the hoover languishing in the cupboard, empty wine bottles collecting… Read more »
Barnes & Noble struggles to stay afloat; warehouse workers protest
In a publishing landscape devastated by the novel coronavirus and industry-wide shutdowns, famed chain retailer Barnes and Noble is being hit especially hard. According to Publishers Weekly, the superchain has… Read more »
Publishers take book events online … and introducing #MelvilleHousehold
With large swathes of the globe now locked down in response to the spread of Coronavirus, a growing number of marquee events slated for this summer – and even further… Read more »
Little Princess kid’s book can’t keep up with coronavirus demand
The Little Princess has been a perennial favourite with kids across the world since publication of the first book in series, I Want My Potty, in 1986. Following the escapades… Read more »
“Internet Archive” posts free books; accusations roil digisphere
The nonprofit “Internet Archive” has recently established a “National Emergency Library” that makes 1.4 million e-books, many of which are under copyright and still in print, available to the public… Read more »