When the technological push behind the publishing industry first took off, one of the many great promises about this wave of the literary future was in the ability to record and store great works for all time, protecting our literary history in an indestructible archive. Google's ambitious digitization project has started on that path to preservation, but the initial release … [Read more...] about Library of Congress Releases Digital Audio of 75 Years of Recordings
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Reach Out and Read Earns LOC Prize, Receives One Million Books from Scholastic
At this weekend's National Book Festival, hosted by the Library of Congress, book distribution and reading awareness organization Reach Out and Read was presented with the David M. Rubenstein Prize for the charity's work to combat illiteracy, especially among low-income and underserved demographics of children. In addition the $150,000 prize, Reach Out and Read had a new … [Read more...] about Reach Out and Read Earns LOC Prize, Receives One Million Books from Scholastic
OverDrive’s Digital BookMobile on Hand at the National Book Festival
This weekend's National Book Festival, taking place once again in Washington, DC and hosted by the Library of Congress, will once again feature OverDrive's Digital Bookmobile in the company's ongoing effort to put ebooks front and center in readers' lives. While the book event will showcase so much that US publishing has to offer to a global community of readers, OverDrive, one … [Read more...] about OverDrive’s Digital BookMobile on Hand at the National Book Festival