Posts Tagged ‘books’

Rise in book bans concerns comic book writers

Rise in book bans concerns comic book writers
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Comic books with controversial themes are vulnerable to censorship.


Amazon’s second bookstore opens in Midtown West

Amazon's second bookstore opens in Midtown West
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Amazon opened its second New York brick-and-mortar bookstore in August, close to some of the city’s independent bookstores.


Online component of summer reading program shows mixed results

Online component of summer reading program shows mixed results
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The New York Public Library’s summer reading program recently ended for the year. Readers can choose to log their books electronically or on paper.


A Self-Made Man

A Self-Made Man
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Wrapped in a blue coat, his nose whipped red by the cold wind, Garrett Buhl Robinson sits outside the main branch of the New York Public Library almost every day.  Behind a fold-out TV tray table that serves as his makeshift office, bookstand, and check-out counter, Robinson sells his two self-published novels and a book […]