Friday, September 12, 2014

The Roundup with PW


New Pew Report Explores Young Americans' Library Habits
A new report from the Pew Research Center Internet Project offers mixed news for public libraries. While the report found that young adults are more likely than their elders to have read a book in the past 12 months, and that Millennials are still using libraries—and using library web sites more—the report also found that most younger Americans remain unaware of all the services libraries offer. more » »


Amazon to Triple Its London Workforce: The e-commerce giant will relocate from its current base in Slough to a 15-storey Principal Place in Shoreditch in 2017.

'NYT' Remembers Lottman : The 'New York Times' obituary for Herbert R. Lottman, biographer and longtime European correspondent for 'Publishers Weekly.'

Publishers Gave Away 122M Books in WWII: In 1943, in the middle of the Second World War, America's book publishers took an audacious gamble. They decided to sell the armed forces cheap paperbacks, shipped to units scattered around the globe. Over the next four years, publishers gave away 122,951,031 copies of their most valuable titles.

Why 'Gatsby' Is the Greatest of All : Maureen Corrigan spoke with 'USA Today' about her new book, 'So We Read On: How The Great Gatsby Came To Be and Why It Endures.'

Lena Dunham is Not Done Confessing: A profile of Lena Dunham, ahead of the September 30 publication of her essay collection, 'Not That Kind of Girl.'


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