Fun end-of-the-week reads: Microsoft seeks to patent the "virtual page turn" Video: James Franco promotes Gary Shteyngart's new book Canada's next Governor General was a minor character in Love Story! Did Warner Brothers lose money ... Read More »

Today's non-Penguin Canada related news: Indigo pushes books aside again, this time for in-store photo departments The Millions previews the remaining releases of 2010 Amazon screws over Barnes & Noble by secretly patenting dual-screen e-readers ... Read More »

The day's links: Martin Amis wants his biography done his way, or else The National Post defends John Metcalf from André Alexis Jonathan Franzen's follow-up to The Corrections succeeds "in a big way," says PW ... Read More »

Okay, weekend's over, back to business: Developer of shoddy book apps defrauds untold numbers of Apple users Waterstone's founder parodies U.K. publishing figures in new debut novel R.I.P.: Beryl Bainbridge Blackstrap Hawco wins Atlantic Canada ... Read More »

The day's news: Delhi continues to stick up for David Davidar Harper Lee speaks! Hard times for debut authors in Britain Video: ... Read More »