With schools closing around the world and districts racing to develop remote learning programs, educational publishers, booksellers, and nonprofits are helping families and educators with free offerings. Below we compile updates on collections of digital books for students, both K-12 and higher ed. General reading Scribd The subscription reading and audio site always had a…
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Simon & Schuster Also Formalizes Work from Home Instructions; New York and Seattle Libraries to Close
ViacomCBS and its Simon & Schuster division moved from testing remote work on Friday to a formal, “company-wide, mandatory work-from-home policy until further notice.” S&S ceo Carolyn Reidy asked staff in a memo, “Please continue to treat today and Monday as days to test your capabilities and note issues and obstacles you encounter in fulfilling…
Author Luis Sepulveda Contracted COVID-19 At Portugese Literary Festival
Chilean writer Luis Sepulveda, who lives in northern Spain, has contracted COVID-19, according to local health authorities. He began to show symptoms on February 25 after returning home from the Correntes d’Escritas festival, held from February 15 through February 23, in Northern Portugal. The regional government said he is “stable” and indicated his wife is…
Italy’s GeMS Also Cancels London Book Fair Plans, Calls Right Centers “The Nightmare of Epidemiologists”
Italy’s large trade publisher Gruppo Mauri Spagnol announced that it “will give up coming to the London Book Fair” this year, even though all of their employees remain healthy. “A sacrifice that we have been asked by the government to contain the phenomenon, the fruits of which should be seen within a few weeks. Fairs…
John Bolton’s Manuscript Is Leaked, to Underscore Any Testimony Would Support Impeachment Case
Portions of the book manuscript from $2 million patriot John Bolton have been leaked. “Associates” of his indicate to the NYT that “he believes he has relevant information, and he has also expressed concern that if his account of the Ukraine affair emerges only after the trial, he will be accused of holding back to…
Forthcoming Booker Longlist Said to Shut Out Americans For the First Time Since Rule Change
Since the Booker Prize first started accepting nominations from beyond the Commonwealth in 2014, American authors have claimed a healthy portion of the annual longlist: Four slots in 2014, five in 2015 and 2016 (when Paul Beatty became the first American to win the prize); four in 2017; and 3 in 2018. When Crankstart took…