by Natalie Samson

Scholastic, Kids Can among winners at 2012 Hackmatack awards

The winners of the Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Awards were announced at a ceremony in Moncton on Friday. The awards recognize children's writing in Atlantic Canada and are voted on by students in Grades 4 ... Read More »

April 30, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

BookNet bestsellers: Canadian fiction (3)

By Natalie Samson

From literary to crime, sci-fi to historical, this week's bestsellers list runs the gamut of Canadian fiction. For the two weeks ending April 22: 1. Alone in the Classroom, Elizabeth Hay (McClelland & Stewart, $22 ... Read More »

April 30, 2012 | Filed under: Bestsellers

Winners of Manitoba Book Awards announced

By Natalie Samson

The Manitoba Writers' Guild and the Association of Manitoba Publishers handed out the 24th annual Manitoba Book Awards on Saturday, April 28. Notable among the night's 13 winners are Esmé Claire Keith, whose debut novel, ... Read More »

April 30, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Titles Bookstore in Peterborough to close

By Natalie Samson

Peterborough, Ontario, is set to lose another bookshop this season. Titles Bookstore, an independent bookseller in the city's downtown core, will close in May, just shy of its 25th anniversary. Owners Anne and Dave Heuft ... Read More »

April 27, 2012 | Filed under: Bookselling

Tor, Forge to remove digital rights management from ebooks

By Natalie Samson

Starting in July 2012, ebooks from Tom Doherty Associates imprints Tor, Forge, Orb, Starscape, and Tor Teen will be distributed without digital rights management. The New York“based publisher, a subsidiary of Macmillan, posted the announcement ... Read More »

April 24, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology

Presses de l’UniversitÃ© de Laval launches e-reading app, e-bookstore

By Natalie Samson

Presses de l'Université Laval has released an online e-bookstore and a free iPad e-reading app. The products were developed by Nu-book, a Quebec-based digital publishing company, and launched last week. Presently, 213 iPad-ready versions of ... Read More »

April 20, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology

2012 Arthur Ellis nominees announced

By Natalie Samson

Crime Writers of Canada revealed the shortlists for the 29th annual Arthur Ellis Awards on Thursday evening at the Manulife Centre Indigo in Toronto. The event featured readings by nominated writers, including novelist Robert Rotenberg. ... Read More »

April 20, 2012 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Tosca Reno takes the reins at Robert Kennedy Publishing

By Natalie Samson

Author and fitness maven Tosca Reno will take over as publisher and chief executive officer at Robert Kennedy Publishing in Mississauga, Ontario. Robert Kennedy, who founded RKP in 1967 with the launch of MuscleMag International, ... Read More »

April 18, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Kobo to expand digital publishing services before end of quarter

By Natalie Samson

Now that things have settled down at Kobo following its acquisition by Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten, the e-reading company seems poised to roll out the next stage of its digital publishing services in the coming ... Read More »

April 18, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology

Book links roundup: reaction to Pulitzer brush off, BNC Tech Forum talks online now, and more

By Natalie Samson

Publishers, authors, and booksellers "howl in outrage" at Pulitzer fiction snub What the Department of Justice antitrust suit will mean for ebook buyers Watch talks by Goodreads' Kyusik Chung, Geomentum's Liz Ross, and Evan Schnittman ... Read More »

April 17, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

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Scholastic, Kids Can among winners at 2012 Hackmatack awards

BookNet bestsellers: Canadian fiction (3)

Winners of Manitoba Book Awards announced

Titles Bookstore in Peterborough to close

Tor, Forge to remove digital rights management from ebooks

Presses de l’UniversitÃ© de Laval launches e-reading app, e-bookstore

2012 Arthur Ellis nominees announced

Tosca Reno takes the reins at Robert Kennedy Publishing

Kobo to expand digital publishing services before end of quarter

Book links roundup: reaction to Pulitzer brush off, BNC Tech Forum talks online now, and more

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