The web is being reshaped by the ubiquitous practice–and it’s a serious ethical problem.

Open Road has been gradually repositioning itself, shifting from its functions as a publisher to those of a marketing company via @publisherswkly

Did you know that Canada does this? RT @twuc If you are a writer registered with Public Lending Right, your cheque is on its way! Over 17,000 authors will be paid for public use of their work in Canadian libraries in the next few weeks. If you aren’t already registered, you have until May 1st.

RT @nypl Happy #GalentinesDay! We’re celebrating with these 365 books by women authors—because every day can be Galentine’s Day!

RT @BrentNYT “Refuse the prison of ‘I’ and choose the open spaces of ‘we’” – Toni Morrison on writing and the erasure of blackness. -> The Nobel prize winner reveals how she would rewrite Beloved, and argues that ‘canon building is empire building’, in this collection of essays and speeches

ICYMI CB Insights, a firm that tracks start-ups, analyzed a variety of data to create a list of 50 private companies around the world that are on a path to a $1 billion valuation.

RT @glecharles “Pure subscription services like Netflix will, at some point, have to resort to additional monetization options (i.e., advertising).” @eMarketer (because investors demand never-ending growth over sustainability) -> Netflix is still the king of streaming, but will its subscription-based model be able to sustain the business as cheaper, ad-supported platforms enter the streaming space?

RT @marcelalandres $10,000 James Jones Literary Society First Novel Fellowship for a novel-in-progress, deadline 3/15

RT @CBCBook Deadline to register as an official event location for the 100th anniversary of Children’s Book Week has been EXTENDED through February! Help celebrate love of reading & children’s books w/ us & get your event promoted on our national map!

RT @neustudio Do you know a good Children’s Bookstore? The WNBA Pannell Award committee is looking for nominations