Harry Potter

January 20, 2018

January 20, 2018

This week: there’s a new religious version of Wikileaks, Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury is flying off the shelves, South Korean universities have reached a deal with a science journal publisher, garbage collectors have started a library of discarded books, President Trump announced the Fake News Awards, Prisons face backlash over book censorship, and schools are teaching kids to spot fake news. All this, plus the New York Times Bestsellers, the Amazon Charts, and the latest news from aois21, Literally This Week.

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August 19, 2017

August 19, 2017

This week: a comic book publisher is moving into gaming, an ancient library is discovering lost poetry, Amazon is everywhere, Russian publishers are cutting LGBT references from books, a UVA Librarian had a stroke after protesting, Spotify is dropping the music of hate speech, and Breitbart News gets a high-profile new old employee.  All this, plus the New York Times Bestsellers and the latest news from aois21, Literally This Week.

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August 14, 2016

August 14, 2016

This week: The author of the How to Train your dragon series has a new job, Brexit isn’t having the negative effect on retail we expected, Hamilton the musical is coming to UK bookshelves, the Harry Potter script is selling great, Half Price Books is trying to get back lost money, even Librarians have an Olympics this year, and the World Library and Information Congress is opening in Ohio.  All this, plus the New York Times Bestsellers, Literally This Week.

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August 7, 2016

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February 15, 2016

February 15, 2016

This week: the UK’s National Libraries Day was a success, Harper Lee is going to Broadway, Neil Gaiman is coming to Sky Television, is France really reading eBooks?, Bookstore sales are up, and there’s a new Harry Potter book coming this summer. All this, plus the New York Times Bestsellers, Literally This Week.

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