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“Partnering with Draft2Digital means self-published authors, an essential and rapidly growing part of the publishing landscape, can now work with indie bookstores, and they can support each other,” said Andy Hunter, Founder & CEO of Bookshop.org.
Among the week's headlines: Congress funds the IMLS, but the future remains uncertain; why South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace wants IMLS to pause funding for one library in her state; Iowa seeks to end school and public library partnerships; and Library Futures responds to OverDrive’s broadside in D.C.
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Among the week's headlines: New York's mayor helps 'Heated Rivalry' score with library users; Maine looks to bar ICE from public libraries; a Tennessee library is poised to remove nearly 3,000 books after a state-ordered review; and the ALA announces the winners of its annual literary awards.
In a release, OverDrive reps also reported that more than 200 library systems, consortia, and school libraries surpassed the 'one million digital checkouts' milestone for the year.
"Plaintiffs have shown a likelihood of success on the merits because H.B. 710’s context clause is overbroad on its face," the appeals court held, reversing a lower court decision.
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Among the headlines this week: The IMLS 'Freedom Trucks' hit the road; ALA realigns its Office for Intellectual Freedom; PEN America calls out two new book banning bills in Florida; and 'Book Riot' looks at how librarians are coping with the growing pressures of the job.
While the abandoned appeal stands as a win for freedom to read advocates, the question remains: why?
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With its podcast, The Straight Download, Hoopla is leaning into some of the uncomfortable marketplace conversations in the digital library world.
The case, 'In Re Google Generative AI Copyright Litigation,' was first filed in 2023 by a group of illustrators and writers, and is currently before Judge Eumi K. Lee in the Northern District of California.
Among the week's headlines: an appeals court hears a challenge to Iowa's S.F. 496 for a second time; Alabama denies funding to a library over its refusal to censor; more on D.C.'s library ebook bill; and a former ALA exec offers a forward-looking view for library policymakers after a rough 2025.
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Among the headlines this week: A library ebook bill in D.C. elicits a sharp response from OverDrive; 'Library Journal' announces its 2026 Librarian of the Year; Michigan mourns its state librarian; New Hampshire lawmakers try again to ban books; New Mexico introduces a freedom to read law, and more…