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ALA calls for Penguin Group to restore e-book access to library patrons

Submitted by Carrie S. Russell on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 12:54
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WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, the Penguin Group (USA), announced it was discontinuing the lending of new e-book titles to library patrons.  In addition, library patrons with the Amazon Kindle e-reader will no longer be able to check-out any Penguin titles from libraries.

YALSA launches 2011 Teen Read Week™ Photo Contest

Submitted by Stephanie Kuenn on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 12:37
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Teens can win an e-reader from Penguin Books for Young Readers

CHICAGO — As part of Teen Read Week 2011, teens can enter a photo contest (judged by 2011 Teen Read Week Spokesperson Jay Asher) and win autographed books or an e-reader from Penguin Books for Young Readers.


Penguin Books on the iPad

Submitted by Jason Griffey on Mon, 03/08/2010 - 13:24
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 Here’s a demo of the sorts of ebooks that Penguin is developing for the iPad. Honestly, I find this a little uninspiring…really not very innovative. Let’s hope that other publishers can really find new ways of producing and presenting content.