As publishers grapple with the question of how – and whether – the World Wide Web can be used to sell books, a scholarly press in Ottawa is experimenting with an unusual online sales and ... Read More »
November 7, 2003
A benefit reading for Brian Spence’s Abbey Bookshop at Toronto’s Harbourfront last month provided a spectacular example of how great things can happen when a group of very talented people come together in support of ... Read More »
November 7, 2003
No context givenTo the editor:Bert Archer’s one-column piece (Sept. 1996) on Margaret Atwood’s new novel, Alias Grace, had more the stance of an editorial than a review, though, certainly, he is entitled to his opinions. ... Read More »
November 7, 2003
So Hip It hurtsNew York is always it. RuPaul was briefly the height of it. Labatt’s 50 is, we’ve been told, becoming very it. But where in Toronto can one hang out and be it? ... Read More »
November 7, 2003
At Wired, we write geek and we write street. We insist on accuracy and literacy, but we celebrate the colloquial voice. Wired’s dictum is simple: Write the way people talk. Don’t insist on “standard” English. ... Read More »
November 7, 2003
"We buy around ruthlessly. And we’d love it if a publisher tried to sue us,” says Montreal-based bookseller and library wholesaler Nicholas Hoare. “We’d make mincemeat out of them.”Not the average response to the as-yet-unpassed ... Read More »
November 7, 2003
PEOPLE CANADIAN CHILDREN’S BOOK CENTRE: Emiko Morita, the marketing director for Polestar Book Publishers, is the new representative for British Columbia. EMERGENCY LIBRARIAN: Karin Paul, a teacher/librarian at St. Andrew’s Regional High School, joins the ... Read More »
November 7, 2003
PEOPLE CANADIAN CHILDREN’S BOOK CENTRE: Emiko Morita, the marketing director for Polestar Book Publishers, is the new representative for British Columbia. EMERGENCY LIBRARIAN: Karin Paul, a teacher/librarian at St. Andrew’s Regional High School, joins the ... Read More »
November 7, 2003
What's with the media’s newfound fascination with books? Less than two weeks after reading that TVOntario had struck a deal with CBC to give Imprint a national airing on Newsworld, I received a call from ... Read More »
November 7, 2003
If you had asked me 10, or even five, years ago whether a donor’s corporate logo belonged on borrowers’ cards, I would have answered with a shocked and horrified “no.” Today, I am pleased to ... Read More »
November 7, 2003 | Filed under: Book news
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