Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), has warned cuts to school
library budgets risk the literacy of children.
Not exact matches
And with
library budgets being slashed to embarrassingly low amounts and shelf space shrinking for already cash - strapped
libraries, the chances of them taking a
risk on an unheard of author were not very high.
One of the more frustrating truths about self - publishing and
libraries is that indie authors have had a hard time getting their books into their own local
libraries, as
budgets are small and the
risk of insult when the book is of poor quality is high.
The only federal funds for
libraries are at
risk in Trump's proposed
budget.