School Libraries Adapt or Face Closure in Digital Age (GoodeReader)
An article today for The Bookseller highlighted one school library system in the UK, North Yorkshire County, that will be closing its school library service effective March of 2015. The reason? Lack of use on the part of schools.
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Amazon’s Literary Journal Day One is Seeking Submissions (GalleyCat)
Amazon’s literary journal Day One is seeking submissions.
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Barnes & Noble Rolls Out New Update for Nook Glowlight (The Digital Reader)
Poking holes in the rumor that they fired their entire hardware staff, Barnes & Noble released a new update today for the Nook Glowlight, their latest ereader.
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Publish or Perish: Is Publishing the Career it Once Was? (The Scholarly Kitchen)
As library budgets are cut, and the fear of OA mandates cutting profit margins clouds publishers’ sense of their place in the world, what is it like to be a publishing professional in this era of climate change?
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