Open Access Book Launch
On Tuesday, September 11th, at 6:00 pm, the Harvard Office of Scholarly Communication and the Harvard Law School Library are sponsoring the launch of Peter Suber’s new book, Open Access, which “tells...
View ArticleGale’s Heart of a Champion
The Michigan Library Association just announced their inaugural Heart of a Champion awards, and Gale, part of Cengage Learning, is one of these 2012 recipients. The award was presented to Gale “to...
View ArticleThe Charleston Calendar Contest: Capture Your Library’s Value for SAGE
For their Charleston Calendar Contest, SAGE Publications is “inviting all academic librarians in the U.S. and Canada to submit a photo that represents why your library has value. These can be photos of...
View ArticleNot Dead Yet
Just wanted to update you that I’m now doing a new column for Library Journal titled, Not Dead Yet, located at: http://lj.libraryjournal.com/category/opinion/not-dead-yet/. I’ve been doing the e-Views...
View ArticleSimon & Schuster’s New Self-Pub Venture Raises Eyebrows on Cost
On Tuesday, Simon & Schuster tentatively dipped its toes into the lucrative self-publishing market with a service called Archway, launched in partnership with Author Solutions, Inc. (a company...
View ArticleMystery News | February 1, 2013
EVENTS Mystery authors and enthusiasts alike are ready for the 2013 conferences. February features the Love Is Murder Mystery Conference in Chicago from Feb 1–3. Keynotes include authors Lee Goldberg,...
View ArticleDrop-Dead Gorgeous Fiction I: Women Writing Fiction | Library Journal’s Day...
“Drop-Dead Gorgeous Fiction I: Women Writing Fiction” was the penultimate panel at LJ’s Day of Dialog, held high above midtown Manhattan at the McGraw-Hill Building’s 50th floor meeting rooms. The...
View ArticleITW Thriller Awards 2017
The 2017 ITW (International Thriller Writers) Thriller Awards were presented, as they have been for the past 12 years, at a sit-down banquet at the Grand Hyatt in midtown New York City. Many people...
View ArticleReaching New Audiences | NYCC Professional Day 2017
With record-breaking attendance, estimated to be in the hundreds of thousands, the 12th annual New York Comic Con (NYCC), held October 5–8, in a move to support its diverse and ever-growing body of...
View ArticleSophisticated Reads | Day of Dialog 2018
With a title aptly echoing Duke Ellington’s “Sophisticated Lady,” as noted by moderator and LJ Prepub Alert Editor Barbara Hoffert, the “Sophisticated Reads” panel led off with Gary Shteyngart...
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