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Bob Dylan has apologized for autopen signing, saying that a combo of pandemic precautions and vertigo left him unable to sign special editions of The Philosophy of Modern Song selling for $600. He is working with Simon & Schuster to correct the situation. https://t.co/PvxaU8CEBi

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Waterstones and Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt claims that the two stores combined account for 50 to 70 percent of sales for TikTok sensations such as Madeline Miller’s The Song of Achilles.

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Mike Pence’s memoir, So Help Me God, will publish on Nov 15, on the same day as Michelle Obama’s The Light We Carry. Pence’s book chronicles President Trump’s severing of their relationship on January 6, 2021. https://t.co/IU9GLKdrCq | @VChamlee in @people

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This year, works published in 1927—incl. Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse, Countee Cullen’s Copper Sun, and Edith Wharton’s Twilight Sleep—enter the public domain. To see a complete list, visit Duke University's site. https://t.co/nZ2gcjrcz3 | #PublicDomainDay @DukeCSPD

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Colleen Hoover and publisher Atria have canceled the coloring book based on It Ends with Us. Because the book deals with domestic violence, the response from fans was overwhelmingly negative. https://t.co/fy9qwFOfkf | @sam_grindell in @thisisinsider

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Librarians seek more humor in YA literature. Kids love series like Diary of a Wimpy Kid, but once they hit high school, the humorous reading options die out. Librarians think this is a mistake. https://www.slj.com/story/humor-keeps-teens-and-tweens-reading-why-isnt-there-more%C2%A0 | @EmilyRMroczek in @sljournal #YA

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TikTok launches a virtual book club. The first pick? Jane Austen’s Persuasion (because of its recent Netflix adaptation). A new pick will be announced every month, and there will be a #BookClub hub in the app. https://t.co/i1pIsNN7bf

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TikTok launches a virtual book club. The first pick? Jane Austen’s Persuasion (because of its recent Netflix adaptation). A new pick will be announced every month, and there will be a #BookClub hub in the app. https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-gb/the-tiktok-bookclub

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Florida has passed 3 laws aimed at reading or educational materials. Books removed from circulation include Toni Morrison’s Beloved and Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. (Gift link) https://t.co/XEE62YPsYS | @PatriciaMazzei @Liz_A_Harris @xanalter in @nytimes

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The most popular digital checkouts at public libraries in 2022, according to OverDrive, include The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave. Browse the whole list here: https://t.co/wp1k9dkWKd | @OverDriveInc