In an effort to promote more informed conversations between publishers and their authors/agents, here are two questions I recommend every author and agent ask their publisher…
Continue ReadingJames Holzhauer employed several strategies for his incredible run on Jeopardy!, including using children’s books that he checked out from his local public library for research.
Continue ReadingIt started innocently enough when I was in grad school. I had a 40-minute commute, and a friend gave me a tape.
Continue ReadingBy Shauna Darbyshire, Reference Associate | June 2019 My relationship with comics has developed and strengthened over the years. Like many 90s kids, I grew up with Archie, X-Men, Garfield, Charlie Brown, Spider-Man and Calvin & Hobbes. I then began delving into manga (Japanese comics) in my tween years. From these early reading explorations, I […]
Continue ReadingThese smaller libraries are reacting to the reading habits of their communities to produce year-over-year digital circulation growth of as much as 40-60 percent annually.
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Each of us has an opportunity to become a superhero: a reading hero. It’s time to support all the book and reading champions among us.
Continue ReadingWithout digitizing special collections, we’re limiting their availability to the collective scrutiny of creative minds that are continuing to solve important problems.
Continue ReadingIt’s an art form that involves understanding readers’ preferences, mood and prior reading experiences – and how to get them to quickly convey all this.
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OverDrive’s Steve Potash speaks with Skip Dye, Vice President for Library Marketing and Digital Sales, Sales Operations for Penguin Random House, the world’s largest trade publisher.
Continue ReadingThough there’s still a long way to go to achieve true equality in publishing, 2018 saw increases in both digital readership and sales of content created by authors that come from a diverse background.
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