Proposed Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster Megamerger Could Squeeze Libraries By Todd Leopold The proposed merger between Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster has attracted the attention of the Justice Department, which is concerned that the $2.2 billion deal will shrink opportunities for writers, and hurt consumers, by turning the Big Five publishers (once the Big Six, until Penguin and Random House completed their merger in 2013) into the Big Four. Its antitrust trial against the merger began in early August and ended on August 19. A decision is expected in the fall. |
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Breaking Out of the Box by Harnessing RIMS Analytics to Serve Researchers
The integration of a research information management system (RIMS) expands those options. The Weizmann Institution of Science Library transformed analytics results and narratives into faculty-facing communication, integrating context and metadata and supporting scientists in complying with their research grant open access requirements.
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All the Swoons: 32 YA Novels for Romance Awareness Month By SLJ Staff February may have Valentine's Day, but August is actually Romance Awareness Month. Full of all the best tropes—meet cutes, hate-to-love, second chances, and so many more—here are 32 books to share with teens who can’t resist a good HEA. |
SPONSORED BY EX LIBRIS, PART OF CLARIVATE Elevate Your Library, Part 1: Budget Cuts and Uncertainties Abstract: Librarians are feeling the squeeze. As they seek to meet changing patron expectations and a dynamic technological environment, they are often simultaneously faced with budget cuts and leadership looking over their shoulder for evidence of institutional value. Read More |
‘Carrie Soto Is Back’ by Taylor Jenkins Reid Tops Holds | Book Pulse By Kate Merlene Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid leads holds this week. It is also People's book of the week. Three LibraryReads selections and six Indie Next picks publish this week. Tess Gunty wins the inaugural Waterstones debut fiction prize for The Rabbit Hutch. The 2022 Davitt Award and Ned Kelly Award winners are announced. |
International Latino Book Awards Announced | Book Pulse By Anita Mechler Awards announcements abound with the 24th International Latino Book Awards, the 2022 Dayne Ogilvie Prize finalists, the 2022 Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize longlist, and the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Awards. Author interviews are out with Mimi Zhu, Anna Dorn, Joshua Whitehead, Beth Macy, Jamila Rowser, Robyn Smith, Craig Morgan and Todd McFarlane. |
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In poetry, Alive at the End of the World, by Saeed Jones, is a starred selection. "Jones’s most free-flowing work yet, a centripetal collection where rage and pain and weariness swirl and coalesce with stunning emotional and conceptual clarity, yet so intimate it feels bled from the author’s very veins." And Sarah Thankam Mathews's starred debut novel All This Could Be Different is a starred fiction selection. It "successfully tackles timely and serious subjects. Despite all the hardships they face, [millennial Asian immigrant protagonist] Sneha and the other well-rounded characters are able to build their futures because enduring friendships enable them to persist and even thrive. Ultimately, the novel’s title is its prophetic and vitally hopeful message." See All Reviews››› |
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