Book-banning is one of those nosy-neighbor hobbies that becomes popular in waves. We’re currently in one of those waves, with parents and concerned citizens “challenging”—and in some cases ...

We speak with three founders of banned-book clubs about why they decided to create reader groups to encourage the freedom to ...

The way we access library books has drastically changed. You can access an enormous amount of borrowable content through an iPhone or iPad app — here's how. Public libraries have paired up with some ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. TJ McCue is Seattle-based and covers tech & productivity tools. Public libraries are an amazing aspect of life all around the ...

Nobody wants to think about what might be crawling or oozing around between the pages of their paperbacks. Nobody but you, apparently—thanks for clicking! The truth is that library book grossness is a ...

This week the Internet Archive, in San Francisco, announced—and, in the blink of an eye, opened—the National Emergency Library, a digital collection of 1.4 million books. Until June 30th, or the end ...

“I think that says a great deal about how much we as a society value the written word,” a shocked librarian said. By Sasha von Oldershausen A vintage children’s hardback turned up in the mailroom of ...