by Scott MacDonald

Amazon buys Shelfari

Looks like Amazon isn't going to rest until it owns every book-related business on the planet. After acquiring Abebooks just a few weeks ago, the retail giant has now sucked up the social networking site ... Read More »

August 27, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Obama becomes publishing world “divider”

By Scott MacDonald

U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama is at the center of a burgeoning publishing world brouhaha, with Barnes & Noble on one side and Amazon.com on the other. According to the Associated Press: Chelsea Green Publishing, ... Read More »

August 20, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

NAR: Greatest American litmag ever published?

By Scott MacDonald

The legendary American literary editor Ted Solotaroff died last week, and in the days since there have been a number of heartfelt tributes to the man. One of the most recent is from Solotaroff's friend ... Read More »

August 20, 2008

Books are every bit as exciting as movies, say scientists

By Scott MacDonald

The next time someone tries to tell you that movies are a more visceral, exciting medium than literature, you can counter their arguments by pointing to a new scientific study that has just been released ... Read More »

August 13, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Has the Kindle reached the tipping point?

By Scott MacDonald

According to The Christian Science Monitor, the Kindle e-book reader may be more in demand than initially anticipated. An industry analyst at Citigroup doubled his forecast for 2008 sales of the paperback-sized device from 190,000 ... Read More »

August 13, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

The Gargoyle‘s “positive” reviews

By Scott MacDonald

Both the Winnipeg Free Press and the Vancouver Sun ran stories this week claiming that the early reviews of Andrew Davidson's uber-hyped The Gargoyle are mostly raves, but did they really read those reviews? From ... Read More »

August 8, 2008

Should booksellers buy books “blind?”

By Scott MacDonald

Using the new Christopher Ciccone-penned Madonna tell-all as a lead-in, Slate looks at the book-world phenomena of buying books "blind": Christopher Ciccone's new celebrity tell-all, Life With My Sister Madonna, hit store shelves on Tuesday. ... Read More »

July 18, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

Cellist vs. Cellist

By Scott MacDonald

Seems there's a bit of controversy brewing around Steven Galloway's novel The Cellist of Sarajevo, which was published a few months back by Knopf Canada. (Read Q&Q's review here.) According to the CBC, the real-life ... Read More »

July 18, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Bookmarks: McMurtry on book collecting; Rushdie on latest Booker win; “indecent sunbathing”

By Scott MacDonald

Some book-related links: Larry McMurtry's new book about book collecting (The New York Times) Salman Rushdie on Midnight's Children's third Booker win (The Guardian) Booker judge thinks future winners should be determined by public (Sydney ... Read More »

July 11, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

In defense of free downloads

By Scott MacDonald

Sci-fi author Cory Doctorow has always been adamant that making his books available for free online has actually improved sales in hard copy. Currently, on BoingBoing.net, he has an interesting discussion going about Tor Books ... Read More »

July 11, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

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Amazon buys Shelfari

Obama becomes publishing world “divider”

NAR: Greatest American litmag ever published?

Books are every bit as exciting as movies, say scientists

Has the Kindle reached the tipping point?

The Gargoyle‘s “positive” reviews

Should booksellers buy books “blind?”

Cellist vs. Cellist

Bookmarks: McMurtry on book collecting; Rushdie on latest Booker win; “indecent sunbathing”

In defense of free downloads

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