The book industry needs to get its act together: Petition to boycott HarperCollins
Pitched battles between publishers and librarians are not going to help anyone survive the digital revolution.

Sculptor Anish Kapoor has condemned China's "barbaric" detention of artist Ai Weiwei and has called on galleries to close for a day in protest. Ai - an outspoken critic of China's human rights record - has not been heard from since he was arrested in Beijing at the start of April. Kapoor has dedicated his monumental Leviathan art installation in Paris, unveiled on Tuesday, to Ai. Artists must speak with "a communal voice", he told BBC Radio 4's Today.
Pitched battles between publishers and librarians are not going to help anyone survive the digital revolution.


Novelist Jennifer Quist meets the Mormon book scene in Salt Lake City.
Carolyn Marie Souaid remembers a country of promise and hope, but also a land of despair and ruins.
Why are so many people looking kawaii up in the dictionary? And are they the same people who are looking up get?
