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If you’re still paying full price for audiobooks while you’re in uniform, you’re probably leaving money on the table. Between public libraries, free apps, and the DoD’s own digital library, you can ...

If the library system in the Canadian city of Hamilton, Ontario, handed out fines for overdue books, the one for a recently returned tome titled “The Excellent Woman” would be a whopper. The Victorian ...

Pearland school board members knew they couldn't personally vet hundreds of books for “indecent” or “profane” content prohibited under a new state law. So when they met this fall to consider a ...

When Patricia McCormick published her novel Sold in 2006, she never imagined it would someday become one of the most challenged books in the United States. The critically acclaimed work, which tackles ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Dolly Parton's Imagination Library of Louisville mailed its 500,000th book to children under 5, celebrating a milestone for the city's literacy program. The program delivers ...

A year after launching its interactive Book Ban Map in 2024, literacy nonprofit Little Free Library has released an updated version of the map highlighting those areas where challenges and bans are ...

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Back on the books. The Sumner County Library Board will discuss a controversial book collection policy once again, just over a month since it was voted down. “It’s a ...

Men and women looking to learn the craft of sewing this week congregated at Costa Mesa’s Donald Dungan Library, where a 90-minute lesson could be extended by weeks for students interested in checking ...

MADISON, Ohio — Madison Public Library rolled out a brand-new bookmobile Friday, giving its popular “Gus the Book Bus” a long-awaited upgrade. The 33-foot Winnebago bookmobile replaces a 2007 vehicle ...

With publishers and libraries at odds over e-book licensing’s long-term expense, hold times, and ethical concerns, a new platform called Briet is pursuing an open-access approach. Briet invites ...

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