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Ahead of Her Time
Over her career as publisher and entrepreneur, Judy Piatkus found herself at Buckingham Palace and Number 10 Downing Street. She got there by giving a generation of readers, most of them women, what they wanted most to find in books – a way to see themselves in a new and fresh light.
Librarians List Top “Banned” Books
According to ALA, demands to remove books largely focused on areas that became hot politically over the last year.
Why Golden Oldies Are Hot Investments
While the music industry experienced financial carnage in the first decade of digital disruption, streaming has restored the business to growth by playing your favorite song.
Houghton Mifflin Trade Division Sold to HarperCollins
“A solid deal for a company that has shown a shrewd eye for a good buy, going back to 2014 and the Harlequin acquisition,” says PW’s Albanese.
Knowledge Graphs Give Smart Answers
On Wednesday, March 31, at 11 a.m. Eastern time, CCC presents a special Town Hall program – “Solve for Success: The Transformative Power of Data Visualization.”
Bookselling’s Top Players
In 2020, books and bookstores found ways to capture and hold the public’s attention.
Fact-Checkers For Europe
Across the European Union, fact-checkers, media literacy experts, and academic researchers are collaborating to fight online disinformation.
Academic Titans Reach Terms
Elsevier is the world’s largest scholarly publisher and publishes more than 500,000 articles annually in 2,500 journals, while the University of California system includes more than 280,000 students and more than 227,000 faculty and staff.
Diversity Drives Innovation
“We need to get to those communities who have not traditionally been engaged and make sure that they have access to STEM programs,” says SIIA President Jeff Joseph.