The day's news, in convenient bullet form: Random House has its iPad cake and eats it, too Salon's Laura Miller ... Read More »
April 6, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
For those of you returning to work today, some news tidbits: First day iPad sales cause line-ups, stampedes, mass hysteria! Okay, so sales weren't that good Rabid iPad owners download 250,000 e-books (the free ones, ... Read More »
April 5, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
No foolin' here, just the straight dope: Borders escapes death-watch via refinancing Shocker! Amazon goes to agency model with HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster Non-shocker! Wolf Hall among Walter Scott Prize nominees Marcel Theroux, Kim ... Read More »
April 1, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
Your book news for the day: Kobo eReader pantsed in front of the entire class Margaret Atwood all a-Twitter in the NYRB Borders likely to survive, according to Business Week Talking to laid-off book biz ... Read More »
March 31, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
More book news for you all: iBooks pricing model leaked Kobo to go to agency model Let the media slobbering begin: new Stephenie Meyer title announced BookCamp 2010 is open for registration French publisher Gallimard ... Read More »
March 30, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
Your book world news for today: Contrary to reports out of Italy, Roth and Grisham both heart Obama Stephen King hearts Kindle, hates iPad Will e-books put wholesalers out of business? Diagram Prize winner: Crocheting ... Read More »
March 29, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
Publishers Marketplace is reporting (in a subscriber-only piece) that U.S. distribution giant Ingram has sent a letter to approximately 65 online retailers telling them it will "have to discontinue the availability of e-book titles from ... Read More »
March 25, 2010 | Filed under: Industry news
The six finalists for the Lost Man Booker Prize, which was created to retroactively honour books excluded from Booker contention in 1970, have been announced, and Canada's one potential nominee “ Margaret Laurence's longlisted The ... Read More »
March 25, 2010 | Filed under: Awards
Here's today's book news: Publishers Weekly takes temperature of Bologna Children's Book Fair Will Random House ever be on the iPad? More conjecture on Apple's book pricing plans Newbery-winner Sid Fleischman dies Harold W. McGraw ... Read More »
March 25, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
After months of speculation, Kobo unveiled its new e-reader at the CTIA Wireless conference in Las Vegas last night. The most salient details are: it's eInk-based; it's $149 (U.S.); it'll come pre-loaded with 100 public ... Read More »
March 24, 2010 | Filed under: Industry news
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