How many people are in a book club in the US? Why the old estimate is way off.

How many people are in a book club in the US? Why the old estimate is way off.

According to most sources, the current figure for how many Americans are in a book club is five million.  However, this figure hasn’t been updated in over 25 years, so an updated... Read more »
Faith leaders denounce US book burning as hate-fuelled intimidation

Faith leaders denounce US book burning as hate-fuelled intimidation

Faith leaders denounce US book burning as hate-fuelled intimidation May 15 2025 A group of faith leaders in Ohio denounced a recent alleged hate crime in the state, in which a man... Read more »
Trump reportedly fires head of US copyright office after release of AI report

Trump reportedly fires head of US copyright office after release of AI report

The Trump administration reportedly fired the head of the US copyright office over the weekend – within days of the dismissed official having published a report about how the development of artificial... Read more »
Federal judge in Rhode Island orders halt to IMLS dismantling

Federal judge in Rhode Island orders halt to IMLS dismantling

Ruling decisively in favor of 21 states’ attorneys general, Rhode Island district court judge John J. McConnell Jr. formally ordered a halt on May 13 to a presidential executive order dismantling the... Read more »
How many people are in a book club in the US? Why the old estimate is way off.

Book News: Authors speak out against failed US book festival: ‘shattered badges and silence’

Authors speak out against failed US book festival: ‘shattered badges and silence’ May 09 2025 In the days leading up to the A Million Lives book festival, things already seemed amiss. Grace... Read more »
Book Clubs’ All-Time Favorite Books (2025)

Book Clubs’ All-Time Favorite Books (2025)

Book club favorites vary from year to year, and we’re here to keep you updated on the most current trends! In this year’s subscriber survey, we once again asked book club members... Read more »
Publishers prepare for battle with big tech over AI

Publishers prepare for battle with big tech over AI

Publishers prepare for battle with big tech over AI May 12 2025 Protection of copyright has always been a top priority for the Association of American Publishers, and that point was driven... Read more »
‘I had a chance to pass my mum’s story on’: Kazuo Ishiguro on growing up in shadow of the Nagasaki bomb | Film adaptations

‘I had a chance to pass my mum’s story on’: Kazuo Ishiguro on growing up in shadow of the Nagasaki bomb | Film adaptations

Kazuo Ishiguro still remembers where he was when he wrote A Pale View of Hills: hunched over the dining room table in a bedsit in Cardiff. He was in his mid-20s then;... Read more »
Publisher behind hit bilingual poetry book on A470 turns to Welsh rivers | Wales

Publisher behind hit bilingual poetry book on A470 turns to Welsh rivers | Wales

Its volume of bilingual poetry celebrating the A470 road, which zigzags through Wales, proved a surprise hit. Inspired by the success, an independent publisher is releasing another anthology in English and Welsh,... Read more »
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