Notable works entering the public domain in 2026
Here are the significant books, films and characters joining the list of works in the public domain on Jan. 1, 2026.
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Here are the significant books, films and characters joining the list of works in the public domain on Jan. 1, 2026.
Ahead of International Bookstore Day, CBS Sacramento took a look inside one Elk Grove shop that is on a mission to do more.
Here are the books and characters newly joining the list of works in the public domain in 2025.
The uncorrected copy proof of the debut novel in the Harry Potter series was bought for pennies more than a quarter-century ago with J.K. Rowling's name misspelled on the title page.
Scholastic is backtracking after allowing schools to opt out of offering books related to diversity at book fairs.
Britney Spears' new memoir, "The Woman in Me," comes out Tuesday.
Christa Armstead, mother of San Francisco 49er and Elk Grove native Arik Armstead, released a powerful new memoir titled, "Illegitimate: Memoir of a Priest's Daughter," pulling back the curtain on her rocky past.
The long overdue dystopian first-edition has parts "as relevant today as they were 65 [years] ago," the man who borrowed the book said in a note to the library.
Organized censorship groups that compile lists of books to challenge "contributed significantly" to the increase, the American Library Association said.
In Solano County, closing the reading gap does not start at the library. Librarians know kids are not rushing to check out books and research shows little boys of color are not reading proficiently. So, Johnny Parker of Vacaville, head branch manager of Town Square Library, brings books to children in unusual spaces.
Descriptions of characters as "fat," "ugly" and "crazy" have been removed. "This is absurd censorship," said the author Salman Rushdie on Twitter.
Her debut picture book, "The Christmas Princess," features the theme of bullying, which she said was important because it was part of her childhood reality.
Between July 2021 and June 2022, books were banned 2,532 times.
