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2015 Lambda Literary Awards in Photos
The 27th annual Lambda Literary Awards, held June 1, drew a record 550-plus attendees to the Great Hall at Cooper Union, in New York City.
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The Battle to Save the New York Public Library
At the end of 2014, after a groundswell of media attention and public protests, New York Public Library officials abandoned a controversial renovation dubbed the Central Library Plan.
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All in the Family
As libraries around the country continue to change, a national network of "Family Place" libraries is gaining traction.
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What’s Next for Scholarly Publishing? PW talks with John J. Regazzi
The former Elsevier CEO is the author of a new book, Scholarly Communications: A History from Content as King to Content as Kingmaker
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Hacking Libraries
An abridged excerpt from John Palfrey’s acclaimed new book Bibliotech: Why Libraries Matter More Than Ever in the Age of Google
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ALA 2015: Pride and Programming
PW columnist Brian Kenney offers his annual “highly subjective” list of ALA program highlights
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ALA 2015: Comics: Not Just for Kids
Adult comics collections in libraries have been slow to grow, even as the genre has surged in popularity and gained critical acclaim. We checked in with librarians from across the country to find out why.
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Fun with Metadata: How RDF Can Vastly Improve Book Discovery
A new format holds promise for significantly better book discovery and accessibility than its forbearer—the MARC record.
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ALA 2015: Summer of Love
The 2015 American Library Association Annual Conference, set for June 25–30 at the Moscone Center, should be quite a party. More than 20,000 librarians are expected to descend on the Bay Area for the show, which coincides with the city's annual Gay Pride Parade.
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Bay Area Spotlight 2015: The Bay Area’s Literary Landscape
The Bay Area has long been known for its literary happenings.
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BookCon 2015: BookCon Grows Up... and Moves On
Publishers praise the sophomore consumer show and begin to look to next year’s event in Chicago.
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BookCon 2015: Bestselling Authors Feel the Power of Grassroots
Three bestselling authors discussed how book clubs have helped propel their careers.
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BookCon 2015: In Full Bloom
It’s been more than 15 years since Judy Blume’s last novel for adults, Summer Sisters, was published, in 1998, so the publication of her new adult novel is a very big deal, what publishers like to call a rare “publishing event.”
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BookCon 2015: In the Unlikely Event
Can a YouTube star also become a star author?
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BookCon 2015: Sweet as HONY
In just five short years, the followers of Brandon Stanton’s “Humans of New York” Facebook page and blog have grown to 12 million.
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BookCon 2015: YA Authors: We’re All Hungry for Diversity
As anyone knows who’s read anything by the five authors on today’s diversity panel, none has ever shied away from controversy.
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BookCon 2015: Love Birds
Here at the Javits, love and romance are in the air—and at the Penguin Truck, which is parked outside the show floor and will be staffed today, 10 a.m.–12 p.m., by purveyors of passion on the page.
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BookCon 2015: R.L. Stine on the Big Screen
After two decades and 400 million copies of Goosebumps books sold worldwide, R.L. Stine gets to talk about the series in a whole new way: as a major motion picture.
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