by Scott MacDonald

Daily book biz round-up, March 24

All the stuff you should be reading today: Publishers Weekly presents its (deeply depressing) 2009 sales rankings Author Paul Carr rants about Amazon's one-star review problem A rather thoughtful analysis of the current Amazon-in-Canada debate ... Read More »

March 24, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up, March 23

By Scott MacDonald

All the news that's fit to blog: U.S. indie distributor Perseus signs deal with Apple Hachette Livre says "non" to new French Publishers Association head Borders has date with destiny on Apr. 1 (I had ... Read More »

March 23, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up, March 22

By Scott MacDonald

A blast of book-news goodness to start your week: To the surprise of no one, Philip Pullman threatened by religious zealots over new book E-book sales booming: the latest data How should publishers deal with ... Read More »

March 22, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up, March 19

By Scott MacDonald

One last news round-up before the weekend: Amazon plays hardball with Simon & Schuster, Penguin, HarperCollins, and Hachette Amazon unveils Kindle for Mac. (Meanwhile, cats and dogs form truce, start working together to overthrow humans.) ... Read More »

March 19, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up, March 18

By Scott MacDonald

What's the buzz? What's a happenin'? Here's what's a happenin': Having had its butt kicked by the major publishers, Amazon starts beating up on the weaker kids Harper government flip-flops on funding for Internet access ... Read More »

March 18, 2010 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

Daily book biz round-up, March 16

By Scott MacDonald

Another day, another news round-up: British Airways doesn't care about book people A sneak preview of the new titles publishers are taking to the London Book Fair Colin Thatcher ordered to hand over book profits ... Read More »

March 16, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Daily book biz round-up, March 15

By Scott MacDonald

What you missed over the weekend: Yet more op-ed pieces about Amazon setting up shop in Canada. Michael Geist argues for. Morley Walker argues against. (Oh, and some writer from the Calgary Herald rips the ... Read More »

March 15, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Daily book biz round-up, March 12

By Scott MacDonald

Come 'n get yer scoops: Hilary Mantel wins National Book Critics Circle Award Margaret Atwood to sing her little heart out in Score: A Hockey Musical. And if you don't believe that, here's some pics. ... Read More »

March 12, 2010 | Filed under: Book links, Industry news, Libraries

Daily book biz round-up, March 11

By Scott MacDonald

News, news, and more news: Graphic novel glitch just keeps getting worse as Amazon removes Diamond's buy buttons Stephenie Meyer floats Hachette's boat Italy falls in Google's big game of Axis & Allies How many ... Read More »

March 11, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Brooklyn Library head resigns over Up in the Air“style firing scandal

By Scott MacDonald

You probably thought the corporate downsizing company featured in the George Clooney movie Up in the Air was a fiction, but sadly it was not. There really are companies like that, and one of them ... Read More »

March 10, 2010 | Filed under: Industry news

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