Anthropic Settlement Hearing Comes into Focus buff.ly/n4A2Tzz

ALA Opens National Library Week with Challenged Books List buff.ly/3eDQpHE

Always interesting to see where these trends are ...
Pew Survey Finds Readers Still Prefer Print Books buff.ly/sdBO6EQ

PEN to create a U.S. Author Safety Program to help protect authors from increasing threats.
Book Industry Unites to Back Authors buff.ly/OCJTwgq

Thought-provoking post from December.
Passports as Books and Books as Passports – SHARP News buff.ly/FDlLkg4

Pens and Needles: Reviving Book-Embroidery in Victorian England
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"The tangible charm of the things we love is irreplaceable."
Reimagining Bookstores in the Age of Digitization — V MAG AT UVA buff.ly/HOZoKnd

6 Small Press Editors Explain Why the Hottest New Thing in Lit Is Out-of-Print Books buff.ly/DBa0zt0

‘BLOCKADE’: The Right Is Using AI Content Scanners to Try to Supercharge Book Banning buff.ly/4TltWbZ

Penguin to sue OpenAI over ChatGPT version of German children’s book bit.ly/416QTTm

CoMMA: thousands of medieval manuscripts finally transcribed | Inria buff.ly/M5q8h62

NABB Declares April 7 National Black Bookstore Day buff.ly/1VoZ7sL

The New York Times' Favorite Home Libraries buff.ly/S0jBxGt

Russian national to face charges over rare book thefts from Warsaw University library (news from January) buff.ly/v8qsMxB

Dictionary of the Oldest Written Language (Akkadian) –It Took 90 Years to Complete, and It’s Now Free Online buff.ly/6xsJT7H

A beloved library closes at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (story from January) buff.ly/aHP996j

New Lawsuit Challenges Utah’s Book Removals on behalf of the Kurt Vonnegut estate: buff.ly/TEGWvXc

Han Kang, Arundhati Roy Among 2026 National Book Critics Circle Award Winners buff.ly/NoIBSlf

Utah banned another book from all public schools, bringing the list to 28. Here’s what it’s about. buff.ly/O9QDPNs

Jack Kerouac's On The Road Scroll Sold for Recordbreaking $12m buff.ly/fnKlG30

Rising Wartime Costs Rattle Publishing’s Global Supply Chain The ongoing war with Iran has caused a surge in prices for sea and air freight and cast uncertainty on the Middle East’s biggest book fairs. “It’s a real squeeze from both directions,” said Jack…

Rising Wartime Costs Rattle Publishing’s Global Supply Chain www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Two Oklahoma bills aiming to ban 'obscene' material from schools advance buff.ly/xEenOIE

New Braunfels ISD (in Texas) bans 600+ books, ages up 800+ titles using AI & overly-restrictive selection criteria. buff.ly/2d7YZuW?

#MedievalSky I received a very important announcement today. Feminae, the bibliographical database on medieval women created and run by Margaret Schaus for the past couple of decades, is going offline as of 1 April. Download as much as you can ASAP: inpress.lib.uiowa.edu/Feminae/Adva...

New York news from December. Gov. Hochul Vetoes Freedom to Read Act - NYCLU buff.ly/cwMiwSY

House Committee Advances National Book Ban Bill www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Do AI features violate authors' rights? Interactive AI Features in E-books, Audiobooks Drive Debate buff.ly/UCuYgxj

This short guide looks really useful! An intro to designing accessible data visualizations by Sarah L. Fossheim buff.ly/h7diLmS

So cool! Eight pages bound in furry seal skin may be Norway's oldest book buff.ly/VPaII3z

Iranian Missile Strikes Cargo Vessel Carrying Fantagraphics Books icv2.com/articles/new...