Morning Coffee – 25 April 2022

by Nate Hoffelder

After a decade of running The Digital Reader, Nate is a veteran web publisher with experience in design, maintenance, recovery, and troubleshooting. What little he doesn't know, he can learn.

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April 25, 2022

Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning.

Librarians are calling out Hoopla for featuring racist, conspiracy nut, and other fringe works in its catalog.
Here are ten awful truths about book publishing.
Andrew Karre argues that book bans don’t sell books. Do you think he’s right?
Canadian librarians are also calling out publishers for price gouging.
The Brooklyn Public Library is now giving anyone in the US under the age of 21 a library card.
Do you know how to find comp titles?

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