by Leigh Anne Williams

Hard times at the Toronto Public Library

Bad news for Toronto readers: faced with the city's budget shortfall, the Toronto Public Library board has agreed to more than a million dollars in spending cuts this year. As the Toronto Star reports, that ... Read More »

July 26, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Midnight magic approaches

By Leigh Anne Williams

Well, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is mere hours away. All our past grumbling about embargos notwithstanding, Quillblog wishes good luck and happy Pottermania to all publishers and booksellers – and readers – involved. ... Read More »

July 20, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

The sex book circa 2007

By Leigh Anne Williams

The Tyee has a survey of some recent books on sexuality, and argues that after a recent explosion in raunch, the culture is pulling back a bit: [I]f this year's crop of "sexy" books is ... Read More »

July 20, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Fun with Press Releases, or, the latest on the Harry Potter leaks

By Leigh Anne Williams

The Good Ship Harry Potter Information Lockdown continues to spring holes and take on water; now U.S. customers and media outlets have obtained actual physical copies of the book, and a couple -- such as ... Read More »

July 19, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Rush Limbaugh, literary journalist

By Leigh Anne Williams

Journalist Alan Weisman has just published The World Without Us, a non-fiction tome based on an intriguing premise: how would the Earth change if the human population disappeared overnight? The book has already drawn some ... Read More »

July 19, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

A note on the type

By Leigh Anne Williams

In a post on his Paper Cuts blog a couple days back, New York Times Book Review staffer Dwight Garner has some fun with the overly pretentious "note on the type" pages that appear in ... Read More »

July 19, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Harry Potter and the Online Leak

By Leigh Anne Williams

In the unlikely event that you missed it, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows appears to have been leaked online. (Note: neither of the stories linked to in the previous sentence actually contain spoilers.) All ... Read More »

July 18, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Harry Potter and the Event Rules and Regulations

By Leigh Anne Williams

With the release of the final Harry Potter novel mere days away, the media frenzy is in full force. In The Globe and Mail on the weekend, publishing reporter James Adams looks at Canadian Potter ... Read More »

July 16, 2007 | Filed under: Events, Industry news

Go books!

By Leigh Anne Williams

Globe and Mail film critic Rick Groen had a feature essay in the weekend paper arguing that books are better than movies or TV. It seems to be a numbers game for Groen: "Over any ... Read More »

July 16, 2007 | Filed under: Book news, Opinion

Sara Gruen's big payday

By Leigh Anne Williams

The New York Times has an article about author Sara Gruen, who scored a $5-million advance from new Random House imprint Spiegel & Grau for her next two books. That's because her most recent novel, ... Read More »

July 12, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

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Hard times at the Toronto Public Library

Midnight magic approaches

The sex book circa 2007

Fun with Press Releases, or, the latest on the Harry Potter leaks

Rush Limbaugh, literary journalist

A note on the type

Harry Potter and the Online Leak

Harry Potter and the Event Rules and Regulations

Go books!

Sara Gruen's big payday

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