Given the success of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix last summer, it’s now almost funny to remember that before it was published, the book looked like something of a gamble. Even for ... Read More »
December 1, 2003
Author Heather Robertson is upping the ante in her long battle over electronic publication rights for freelance writers. In a new lawsuit filed in late July, Robertson charges six media conglomerates with unauthorized electronic use ... Read More »
December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Book news
In the wake of the sudden departure of Carolyn Wood, University of Toronto Press’s longtime vice-president of distribution, UTP president George Meadows has told client publishers that financing distribution has become nearly “impossible” – and ... Read More »
December 1, 2003
Author Glen Huser and Cree artist Allen Sapp are this year’s English-language winners of the Governor General’s Literary Awards for children’s literature, held yesterday morning at Rideau Hall in Ottawa.Huser, who teaches library and information ... Read More »
December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Book links, Industry news
The longstanding mix of new and used sales on Amazon.com has drawn contorversy in the U.S. But following the addition of used book sales to the Amazon.ca site last week, Canadian reaction has so far ... Read More »
December 1, 2003
The adult-category winners of the Governor General’s Literary Awards are still a day away from being unveiled, but bookseller Richard Bachmann didn’t need to wait before giving this year’s Drummer General’s Award to Frances Itani’sdeafening-takes-drummer-general-s-award/> ... Read More »
December 1, 2003
Hardcover fiction1. The Way the Crow Flies, Ann-Marie MacDonald (Knopf Canada, $37.95, 0-676-97408-2)2. Vinyl Cafe Diaries, Stuart McLean (Viking Canada, $34, 0-670-04436-9)3. Forgotten Realms: The Lone Drow: The Hunter’s Blades Trilogy, Book II, R.A. Salvatore (Wizards of ... Read More »
December 1, 2003
Two years after the B.C. provincial government pulled out of a program that provides books to the province’s school libraries, the Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia is struggling to keep it going with ... Read More »
December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Book news
The Quebec Liberal government of Jean Charest is not keeping its promises when it comes to improving school libraries, says a group that’s launching a public postcard lobbying campaign. The Quebec Coalition for School Libraries ... Read More »
December 1, 2003
Words Worthy shortlist – For the second year in a row, Words Worth Books in Waterloo, Ontario, is running an in-house award to highlight Canadian titles overlooked by the major prizes. But before naming the ... Read More »
December 1, 2003
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