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HarperCollins reaches deal with Amazon, staves off “doomsday scenario”

Amazon, the world’s largest online book retailer, and HarperCollins, the second-largest of the so-called “big five” publishers in the U.S., have entered into a multiyear contract, avoiding a protracted battle over discounts and pricing. Bloomberg ... Read More »

April 15, 2015 | Filed under: Bookselling

Holly Kent named executive director at the OBPO and Open Book Foundation

By Steven W. Beattie

The Ontario Book Publishers Association and the Open Book Foundation have selected Holly Kent as their new executive director. The newly created position combines two previous positions into a single role overseeing the operations of ... Read More »

April 2, 2015

Northern chills: a conversation with cult horror author Tony Burgess

By Steven W. Beattie

"I kind of understand a lot of what goes on in deviant minds,” says Tony Burgess casually. “Broken minds, antisocial minds, psychopathic minds, outsider minds. It’s something I’m drawn to, because I probably have one.” ... Read More »

March 13, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture

Best-selling fantasy author Terry Pratchett succumbs to Alzheimer’s disease at 66

By Steven W. Beattie

In a lecture delivered in February 2010, a little more than two years after Terry Pratchett announced he had been diagnosed with posterior cortical atrophy, a rare form of Alzheimer's disease, the fantasy author described ... Read More »

March 12, 2015 | Filed under: Authors

UTP scores big in post-HarperCollins distribution shakeup, despite reservations from western booksellers

By Steven W. Beattie

UTP Distribution appears to be the big winner in the wake of HarperCollins's decision late last year to close its Canadian warehouse and consolidate distribution operations out of the U.S. No fewer than four of ... Read More »

March 5, 2015

Going for the gusto: Val James, author of Black Ice, reflects on a groundbreaking hockey career

By Steven W. Beattie

When Val James walked out on the ice at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York, to participate in a ceremonial pre-game puck drop earlier this month, it was something of a homecoming for ... Read More »

February 24, 2015 | Filed under: People

Anthony Lane on Fifty Shades, Jonathan Franzen on Jennifer Weiner, and more

By Steven W. Beattie

In memoriam: David Carr's pick for best book about journalism "Think of it as the Downton Abbey of bondage": Anthony Lane reviews the film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey The politics of purple prose ... Read More »

February 13, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Harper Lee to publish new novel in July

By Steven W. Beattie

Some novelists are highly prolific, publishing upward of two or three books each year (see, e.g., Oates, Joyce Carol). Others publish sparingly, with only one or two books to their name. It is rare, however, ... Read More »

February 3, 2015 | Filed under: Authors

David Duchovny, David Duchovny, and more

By Steven W. Beattie

Q&Q book links: the David Duchovny edition. Meet David Duchovny, novelist "I don’t like using blurb as a verb": David Duchovny, on how his Californication character Hank Moody would blurb Duchovny's novel The Huffington Post ... Read More »

February 3, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Poet Elise Partridge succumbs to cancer at age 56

By Steven W. Beattie

Quillblog was saddened to learn of the death of poet Elise Partridge, who had suffered from cancer. Damian Rogers, poetry editor for House of Anansi Press, confirms that Partridge died on Saturday. She was 56 ... Read More »

February 2, 2015 | Filed under: Authors

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HarperCollins reaches deal with Amazon, staves off “doomsday scenario”

Holly Kent named executive director at the OBPO and Open Book Foundation

Northern chills: a conversation with cult horror author Tony Burgess

Best-selling fantasy author Terry Pratchett succumbs to Alzheimer’s disease at 66

UTP scores big in post-HarperCollins distribution shakeup, despite reservations from western booksellers

Going for the gusto: Val James, author of Black Ice, reflects on a groundbreaking hockey career

Anthony Lane on Fifty Shades, Jonathan Franzen on Jennifer Weiner, and more

Harper Lee to publish new novel in July

David Duchovny, David Duchovny, and more

Poet Elise Partridge succumbs to cancer at age 56

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