Jim Ruland writes: “When Paddy Calistro and Scott McAuley, the co-founders of Angel City Press, announced they were retiring from the publishing house they’d run for more than 30 years, it sounded like just another sad story in 2023. But the Los Angeles institution had a surprising plan. In an unprecedented turn of events, the publisher has been acquired by the Los Angeles Public Library.” While some libraries operate presses, Los Angeles City Librarian John F. Szabo said he was not aware of other instances of an independent publisher becoming part of a public library in the US.