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Dirty secrets of Canadian bookselling

A Saturday morning seminar about the art of handselling got off to a really shaky start when it was revealed that the primary speaker – Avin Mark Domnitz, CEO of the American Booksellers Association – ... Read More »

June 9, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Heard & Overheard (Saturday miscellany)

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"People coming into the store said, 'It's so spacious and calm. It's like walking into Canada.'" – Bookseller Sarah McNally recalling customers' first impressions of her Manhattan McNally Robinson store. "It's kind of like going ... Read More »

June 9, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Gadget Watch, Part 2: Tamblyn's Sony Reader experiment

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BookNet Canada CEO Michael Tamblyn spoke at a Saturday morning seminar on "Digitization and the Future of Canadian Bookselling," which focused on e-readers. In order to assess the viability of the medium, Tamblyn himself tried ... Read More »

June 9, 2007 | Filed under: Bookselling, Events

Some random advice for publishers …

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... gleaned from the conference programming. Encourage bloggers and readers to post excerpts from their books, covers, etc. "What if they actually start displaying this? They become the funniest free advertisers you’ve ever seen," said ... Read More »

June 9, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Heard & Overheard (BOOKED's mystery writers roundtable)

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On Saturday morning, the Canadian Crime Writers' Association put together a group of notable mystery authors to chat about "What's Hot and What's Not in Mystery" in the Speigeltent, next to Toronto's Harbourfront Centre, as ... Read More »

June 9, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Events

Gadget watch

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At a Friday seminar, Kris Abel, CTV's resident tech expert, looked at some of the electronic-reading platforms currently on the market and forthcoming. He pointed to: Manybooks.net, which offers e-books in almost any format for ... Read More »

June 9, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

God save the King

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It was a lovefest at the showcase BOOKED! event, the Stephen King tribute on Friday evening. The 1,300-seat John Bassett Theatre looked to be at least two-thirds full, and the crowd response started at "wild" ... Read More »

June 9, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Heard & Overheard (Stephen King Edition)

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"I feel like the representative of the accounting firm at the Academy Awards." – CBA president Steve Budnarchuk after taking the stage at the King event. "It's like being dead and going to your own ... Read More »

June 9, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Fireworks early on at "Devices & Desires"

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It was a familiar pattern on Friday morning at the "Devices & Desires" conference: some very broad-brush warnings about the need to keep up with the way the Internet is changing everything, followed by some ... Read More »

June 9, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Kidlit stars come out on Friday

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There was some more last-minute revising at the children's BOOKED! events on Friday. Author Frieda Wishinsky was scheduled to read to kids in Grades 2 and 3 at Fort York on Friday morning, but was ... Read More »

June 9, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

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Dirty secrets of Canadian bookselling

Heard & Overheard (Saturday miscellany)

Gadget Watch, Part 2: Tamblyn's Sony Reader experiment

Some random advice for publishers …

Heard & Overheard (BOOKED's mystery writers roundtable)

Gadget watch

God save the King

Heard & Overheard (Stephen King Edition)

Fireworks early on at "Devices & Desires"

Kidlit stars come out on Friday

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