Authors Mary Swan and Anne Simpson dropped in for a read-and-greet at A Different Drummer Books in ... Read More »
April 17, 2008 | Filed under: Events
From Scotland's Sunday Herald: Despite fears the internet could kill off the printed word, death by natural causes may be a greater threat to our literary heritage and Scottish scientists are searching for the cure. ... Read More »
April 14, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
Some book-related links: Lonely Planet says author stretched the truth when he claimed to have stretched the truth (International Herald Tribune) Tom Cruise bio dropped “ actor celebrates by continuing to creep us all out ... Read More »
April 14, 2008 | Filed under: Book links
Here are some photos from recent book events: Montreal author Ibi Kaslik launched her rock-themed second novel, The Angel Riots (Penguin Canada), at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto on April 1. The event was presented ... Read More »
April 10, 2008 | Filed under: Events
Slate has a fascinating, alluring, absorbing, beguiling, engrossing, enthralling, transfixing, and riveting essay about Peter Mark Roget and the thesaurus that bears his name: Originally published in 1852, having been compiled over the course of ... Read More »
April 7, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
Here's a twist: Amazon UK is angry at British publishers for “ wait for it “ applying deep online discounts to their books. From The Times: An online price war for books has broken out, ... Read More »
April 7, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news
Some book-related links: 79-year-old book collector finally learns to read (Houston Chronicle) A bestselling novel by a soap opera character (The New York Times) Lily Allen drops out of Orange Prize jury (BBC) The (Stephen) ... Read More »
April 7, 2008 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries
From The Wall Street Journal: Amazon.com Inc., flexing its muscles as a major book retailer, notified publishers who print books on demand that they will have to use its on-demand printing facilities if they want ... Read More »
March 31, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news
Margaret Atwood, writing in The Guardian, offers a lengthy take on Anne of Green Gables. Aside from giving a brief intro to the book to those who haven't read it “ and those who haven't ... Read More »
March 31, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
Some book-related links: Judging a mate by his/her books (The New York Times) What wine goes with that book? (Stuff) Will Internet book piracy cause authors to stop writing? (Times Online) Settlement in sight for ... Read More »
March 31, 2008 | Filed under: Book links
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