Public Library System To Boycott Publisher
Public libraries speaking out against Macmillan’s recent announcement to start a two-month embargo on multiple e-book copies for libraries has now elevated to a boycott for one system. The King County (WA) Library System will stop buying embargoed e-books from Macmillan and will instead use the money to purchase from publishers without embargoes.
People Just Want To Get Haunted
Irish novelist and poet James Joyce is currently buried in Zurich beside his wife, but Ireland wants him. “The Battle of the Bones” is becoming just that as arguments over should-he-stay-or-should-he-go have erupted.
More Atwood At Hulu
Margaret Atwood’s documentary Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a WordIs Power will stream on Hulu starting Nov. 19th. The doc follows Atwood and her late partner Graeme Gibson around the world as they attended events and interviews stars of The Handmaid’s Tale adaptation. And fans of Tatiana Maslany can catch her reading Atwood’s poetry–Not as Helena, although I’d pay big bucks to watch that.