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Hachette & Woody Allen: hbg-staffers-stage-walkout-over-woody-allen-memoir.html">https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/82609-hbg-staffers-stage-walkout-over-woody-allen-memoir.html hbg-will-not-publish-woody-allen-s-memoir.html">https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/82624-hbg-will-not-publish-woody-allen-s-memoir.html

VAT charge on digital books: https://twitter.com/hmtreasury/status/1237731947813777408 

ViacomCBS selling Simon & Schuster: schuster-for-sale-viacom-cbs.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/04/business/media/simon-schuster-for-sale-viacom-cbs.html 

Underlined: delacorte-debuts-ya-line-with-an-internet-connection.html">https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/82576-delacorte-debuts-ya-line-with-an-internet-connection.html

Audie awards: Audie-Awards-Winners-Press-Release.pdf">https://www.audiopub.org/uploads/pdf/2020-Audie-Awards-Winners-Press-Release.pdf

Lightning Source removing books in violation of content policy: lightning-source-to-introduce-content-integrity-guidelines.html">https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/manufacturing/article/82526-lightning-source-to-introduce-content-integrity-guidelines.html 

Star Wars: The High Republic: https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-the-high-republic 

Barbara Nealy: https://mysterywriters.org/barbara-neely/

London Book Fair cancelled:  https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/mar/04/london-book-fair-cancelled-over-coronavirus-fears-amid-growing-anger

Bologna Children's Book Fair: prh-pulls-out-of-rescheduled-bologna-book-fair.html">https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/international/trade-shows/article/82641-prh-pulls-out-of-rescheduled-bologna-book-fair.html 

Other cancelled events include National Book Critics Circle Awards, Tucson Festival of Books, Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, Nova Teen Book Festival, Paris Book Fair, Poets & Writers 50th Anniversary Gala, LA times Festival, Virginia Festival of the Book, Texas Library Association Conference, and the Orlando Book Festival

Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh sentenced: md-pol-pugh-sentenced-20200227-7yffn67n2nhfbmzhjdo4pzomku-story.html">https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-pol-pugh-sentenced-20200227-7yffn67n2nhfbmzhjdo4pzomku-story.html 

Beijing food delivery app to deliver books: https://www.abacusnews.com/tech/bookstores-hit-hard-coronavirus-can-now-deliver-books-using-food-delivery-app/article/3073924 

Everywhere Book Fest May 1-2: http://everywherebookfest.com