ALA plans online election for 2007
The American Library Association (ALA) has announced plans to hold their 2007 election online for the fourth year in a row.Paid members... More on the Frankfurt Book Fair
via the October bulletin released by the Book Industry Study Group (BISG).The report estimated the event to have hosted nearly 300,000... Home again, home again
The reports from Frankfurt are zooming as quickly as molasses uphill in wintertime. In other words...it was a fine fair, a good fair, a solid... Hire this woman!
Laura Gilmore - accomplished, brainy, an excellent writer, gifted at project management and communication. Her resume:  Laura GilmoreTel: +1... National Book Month
October 1 marks the start of National Book Month - so we wanted to bring our visitors some information on how the month is being observed and... This Week: Sony eReader Debuts
The Sony eReader (Sony Portable Reader System PRS-500) has finally hit the American market - at $350 each. The not-quite palm-sized eBook... Banned Books Week Report: Potter Most Challenged
Opening the 25th annual Banned Books Week comes this report from the HPANA and the ALA posting the entire Harry Potter series of titles... Number of challenged books drops
Since the start of Banned Books Week in the early 1980's the number of books challenged for removal from libraries has dropped.The ALA... Upcoming: Banned Books Week 2006
From the ALA website comes the announcement for Banned Books Week 2006 - to be held from September 23-30th."Banned Books Week:... Laura Dawson talks shop on Cotolo Chronicles
Laura Dawson has made several guest appearances on the well-known podcast Cotolo Chronicles, hosted by Frank Cotolo, veteran journalist,... BISG's Annual Meeting of Members
From the Book Industry Study Group Website:The Annual Meeting of Book Industry Study Group (BISG) members will be held on September 8 at the... Florida slated to build library park
Via the Library Journal comes news of a $200,000 state grant to build a $1.5 million Library Park on a 5.8-acre site adjacent to the... Harper Collins flexes some digital publishing muscle
Last year the Harper Collins publishing company began digitizing all of its titles, working its way through 10,000 thus far with... Upcoming: InfoCommerce 2006 Conference
The InfoCommerce 2006 conference, regarded as the "working conference for the thinking publisher" is scheduled to kick off October... Introducing: ABA Members Forums
Thanks to Bookselling This Week for introducing us to the Bookweb Member Forums.According to the website:"Topics under discussion this week in...