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Data Directions
Data can be the key to open new doors to innovation. But if you’re using numbers to find answers, you should ask yourself some questions, too.
Soaring Book Sales Take A Fall
The party hats publishers have sported since the pandemic began two years ago may now have to come off.
Ethics in Publishing Gets Its Own Journal
Fresh air and sunlight are said to be the best disinfectants. The recently launched GW Journal of Ethics in Publishing offers plenty of both.
Warm Welcome Back at London Book Fair
Book fair attendees debated whether a blanket ban on all Russian publishing in the face of that country’s February invasion of neighboring Ukraine was appropriate.
Africa Is Reading: The SDG Book Club
“I love the way the SDGs undergird the human rights,” says Olatoun Gabi-Williams. “Children should grow up knowing their rights, and human rights undergird what we’re trying to do with the SDGs to make the world a better place.”
Public Librarians Return in Person
Masks were required for PLA 2022, and for the library community “that was not a problem,” says PW’s Albanese. “If any group is sensitive to personal safety, it is the library community.”
Oxford World English Symposium Preview
As many as 2 billion people around the world speak English, making it the world’s most widely spoken language. On April 12 and 13, the Oxford World English Symposium will explore the many varieties of English spoken around the globe.
Book World On The Road Again
Publishing is on the road again. This week, the Bologna Children’s Book Fair returned as an in-person event. The London Book Fair follows in early April.
Talking Up Synthetic Narration for Audiobooks
While some books cannot reasonably become audiobooks – heavily illustrated children’s storybooks as well as art books and photography books – most fiction and many nonfiction titles likely can.
