by Nathan Whitlock

Should Amazon buy eBay?

The answer is "yes," according to Bits, The New York Times's tech blog: For years it was impossible to even suggest that Amazon buy eBay because eBay's market value was three or four times that ... Read More »

December 17, 2007 | Filed under: Book news, Bookselling, Opinion

This week in Kindle-bashing

By Nathan Whitlock

Reactions to Amazon's new e-reader generally fall into two opposing camps: on the one hand, there are those who are shocked and appalled at the very notion, while others believe a wonderful new era has ... Read More »

December 17, 2007 | Filed under: Book news, Opinion

Bookmarks: Arthur C. Clarke’s birthday wish list, the LongPen in the NYT and more

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Arthur C. Clarke makes his wish list for his 90th birthday (The Guardian) Have you heard about this LongPen thing? Some people haven't, apparently (The New York Times) Derek McCormack's fashionable Christmas ... Read More »

December 17, 2007 | Filed under: Book links

Twelve-year-old writes second self-help book

By Nathan Whitlock

From The Telegraph: She wrote her first self-help book at the age of nine. Now, at the grand old age of 12, Libby Rees has completed her second. She finished At Sixes And Sevens, which ... Read More »

December 13, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: scoring in a bookstore, stealing chairs from a library, ambushing former PMs on a book tour, and more

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: The art of the bookstore pickup (MSN.com) Ex-library director gets 10 days for stealing chairs (Cantonrep.com) Tinfoil helmet time: Chretien repeatedly ambushed by 9/11 "truthers" at book events (Canada Wants 9/11 Truth) ... Read More »

December 13, 2007 | Filed under: Book links, Events

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops deep-sixes positive review of The Golden Compass…. sort of

By Nathan Whitlock

From The Baltimore Sun: Days after its publication, a largely positive review of the film version of The Golden Compass that appeared in Catholic newspapers across the country was retracted this week by the United ... Read More »

December 13, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Nixon biographer gets 6 to 8 6 1/2 years for fraud

By Nathan Whitlock

From The Globe and Mail: Conrad Black will be sentenced to between 6.5 and 8.1 years in prison, the judge presiding over the case said Monday. Judge Amy St. Eve said she is considering a ... Read More »

December 10, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Stop reading this blog, says Doris Lessing

By Nathan Whitlock

From The Guardian: The inanities of the internet have seduced a generation, and we live in a fragmenting culture where people read nothing and know nothing of the world, the new Nobel laureate novelist Doris ... Read More »

December 10, 2007 | Filed under: Awards, Book news, Opinion

Bookmarks – Paddington the Bear in jail, comic books in Kandahar, bibles in China, and more

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Paddington the Bear arrested on immigration charges on 50th anniversary (CBC.ca) Comic books handed out in Kandahar to teach kids about human rights (The Canadian Press) Speaking of human rights, China to ... Read More »

December 10, 2007 | Filed under: Book links

$3 million for Karl Rove’s memoirs?

By Nathan Whitlock

Maybe, according to the New York Post: Karl Rove, the controversial and long-time senior adviser to President George W. Bush, is shopping a memoir in an auction that will kick off today and likely result ... Read More »

December 6, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

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Should Amazon buy eBay?

This week in Kindle-bashing

Bookmarks: Arthur C. Clarke’s birthday wish list, the LongPen in the NYT and more

Twelve-year-old writes second self-help book

Bookmarks: scoring in a bookstore, stealing chairs from a library, ambushing former PMs on a book tour, and more

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops deep-sixes positive review of The Golden Compass…. sort of

Nixon biographer gets 6 to 8 6 1/2 years for fraud

Stop reading this blog, says Doris Lessing

Bookmarks – Paddington the Bear in jail, comic books in Kandahar, bibles in China, and more

$3 million for Karl Rove’s memoirs?

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