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The 2010 Riyadh Book Fair will feature an English-language display; new security restrictions mean printed books may be the best bet for in-flight entertainment; publishers say digital piracy is on the rise; how to get rid of books; and other news.
FEMA will fund interim library services in flood-affected Iowa; Rhode Island’s largest independent newspaper is getting a new publisher; the number of original translations published in the United States dipped this year; a nonprofit is reopening four libraries in Oregon; and other news.
Borders will close fewer Waldenbooks locations than previously announced; Carl Jung’s Red Book is an unlikely best-seller; Random House has made its English-language Kindle titles available internationally; a beloved Berkeley bookstore is back and bigger than before; and other news.
Next-generation plastic displays are due soon from the world’s largest manufacturer of e-reader screens; Nebraska is losing two indie bookstores this season; Sony has added more digital newspapers to its roster; a new tool lets academic publishers sell e-books directly; and other news.
The WTO has ordered China to liberalize its media import rules; the literary salon is making a comeback in Britain; Mag+ imagines the digital future of magazines; the NYPL is launching a new Web site; the Bible is the most frequently shoplifted book; and other news.
A copy of Through the Looking Glass inscribed to Alice herself has sold at auction; the shipping date for new Nook orders has been pushed to February; Google Editions partners can now adjust their settings; an indie bookstore and publisher in NYC is closed until further notice; and other news.
Kobo has plans for an e-reader; a campaign is underway to give Ted Hughes a place in Westminster Abbey; the new iPhone app from Opium features Jack Handey of SNL fame; the relative cheapness of books makes them Americans’ fourth-favorite entertainment; and other news.
The Poetry Foundation has compiled its 2009 best-seller list; an amateur artist is illustrating Moby-Dick, page by page; literary agents are gaining acceptance in French publishing circles; Laredo could start the new year as the nation’s largest city without a bookstore; and other news.
New Jersey’s largest newspaper has a new publisher; France will fund a public-private partnership to digitize its cultural archives; Borders UK is set to close next week; an independent bookstore in NYC is getting a new lease on life; and other news.
The country’s first carbon-positive library has opened; December is Cthulhu Month at Tor Books; the British Library and the BBC are partnering to build a massive digital archive; ‘tis the season for library dance parties; and other news.
