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Kansas bookseller writes open letter asking Jeff Bezos to level the playing field
False claims that the UK executed gay men result in cancellation of Naomi Wolf’s latest book
Phillip Roth left a substantial part of his estate to the Newark Public Library
Karl Ove Knausgaard to contribute to the future library
Top 10 quotes for Patricia Highsmith’s soon-to-be-released diaries
BBC announces refreshingly contemporary “100 Novels That Shaped Our World”
Herman, this isn’t Polynesia; there are rules
Barbara A. Radnofsky, author of A Citizen’s Guide to Impeachment, on high crimes and misdemeanors
Dame Judi Dench is funding a museum’s £650,000 bid for a Charlotte Bronte manuscript
Boss Trump, or, Capitalism Gone Wild

I love the smell of old books in the morning… smells like… book preservation
Famed waterproof bookstore in Venice suffering from recent flooding
Illustrated kids book about girls’ bodies criticised for avoiding the word vagina
Pagey mallard: Ducks, Newburyport scoops Goldsmiths Prize
Elizabeth Bishop’s Key West house purchased to be preserved
Amazon slashing orders to publishers just in time for the holidays
Cancel culture cited in tepid sales of Mark Halperin’s new book