J.C. Penney is bidding farewell to its biannual “big book” catalogue. Instead, the retailer said it will throw greater weight behind “customized, more timely” specialty catalogues for targeted ...

Following a pilot project, Hachette has announced that it will make its full catalogue available to libraries to lend in e-book form. The program will begin next week, with titles available through ...

This book about card catalogs, written and published in cooperation with the Library of Congress, is beautifully produced, intelligently written and lavishly illustrated. It also sent me into a ...

Half.com is expanding its bookshelves. The eBay-owned fixed-price marketplace has signed a deal with Abebooks.com, allowing Abebooks-affiliated dealers to offer their used, rare and collectible tomes ...

Another big book catalog bites the dust: J.C. Penney announced Nov. 18 it would no longer publish the semiannual big book catalog. The multichannel general merchant plans to focus on specialty ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Founded in 1906, the Bennett Brothers ...