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  1. US print book sales decline in first half of 2025

    Tuesday, 22 July 2025    Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing Print book sales in the United States have declined by 1.6%…
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    newsbeep.com/au/12130/

  2. S&S acquire Reynolds’ memoir | Books+Publishing

    Monday, 21 July 2025   Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired world rights for the…
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    newsbeep.com/au/9565/

  3. #Alabama board defunds local #library after complaints over ‘#inappropriate’ books

    By KIM CHANDLER
    Updated 11:44 PM EDT, March 21, 2025

    Excerpt:
    "'I think that the GOP chair on the State Library Board is forcing the removal of books just because of anti-library extremists. I think that’s ignoring the voices of Fairhope taxpayers and library users,' said Amber Frey of #ReadFreely Alabama, an organization that has opposed the restrictions.

    "The action against the Fairhope Library is the first taken under a new Alabama law and 2024 administrative code changes that say to receive state funding, local libraries must have policies to safeguard youth from 'sexually explicit or other material deemed inappropriate for children or youth.'"

    apnews.com/article/library-con
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