by Steven W. Beattie

Amazon’s Kindle not lighting fires in Norway

Despite healthy sales and an endorsement from Oprah in the U.S., Amazon's Kindle reading device may run afoul of Norway's consumer regulations should the online bookselling giant decide to release the device there in its ... Read More »

November 2, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

(Some) Alberta writers ineligible for Alberta award

By Steven W. Beattie

The Alberta Readers' Choice Award, a new prize jointly sponsored by the Edmonton Public Library and the Book Publishers Association of Alberta, is worth a cool $10,000 for the winner. But there's a catch: Alberta-based ... Read More »

November 2, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Stephen King’s new face of evil: predatory pricing: UPDATED

By Steven W. Beattie

When you're an author of Stephen King's stature, you can afford to be direct. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly (where the mega-selling author is also a regular columnist), King had a message for retailers who are ... Read More »

October 26, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Novelist stops reviewing because of rampant misogyny in crime fiction: UPDATED

By Steven W. Beattie

Novelist Clive Barker once called horror fiction the last refuge of the chauvinist. Jessica Mann might beg to differ. The British novelist, who also reviews crime fiction for the Literary Review, says that she has ... Read More »

October 26, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Paul Quarrington wins Matt Cohen Award

By Steven W. Beattie

The Writers' Trust of Canada has announced that this year's recipient of the Matt Cohen Award is Paul Quarrington. The $20,000 award is given to a writer who has amassed a distinguished body of work. ... Read More »

October 19, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Christian group upset with R. Crumb’s illustrated Book of Genesis

By Steven W. Beattie

Really? Who could possibly have seen that coming? R. Crumb “ most famous for the comic Fritz the Cat “ has released an illustrated version of the Bible's first book, complete with sexually explicit images ... Read More »

October 19, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Marketing 101: DIY isn’t just for home renos anymore

By Steven W. Beattie

Marketing books has always been tricky, but it's become even more so in the hyper-connected Web 2.0 world. And with atrophying review space and publishers' limited marketing budgets, authors can't rely on getting coverage in ... Read More »

October 5, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Brit literary judges gone wild: the Man Booker edition

By Steven W. Beattie

Although it apparently comes as a surprise to some sensitive souls in this country, British literary types tend to be fairly plain-spoken; no less so when they are sitting on an award jury. Almost two ... Read More »

October 5, 2009 | Filed under: Awards

Super Thursday in Britain, and what U.S., U.K. publishers will be taking to Frankfurt

By Steven W. Beattie

Americans have "Black Friday," the Friday after Thanksgiving, which is the start of the Christmas shopping fiasco season, and which can, on occasion, lead to actual loss of life. It's hard to imagine book buyers ... Read More »

September 28, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Douglas Coupland reminisces about writing Generation X

By Steven W. Beattie

This month, acclaimed author and zeitgeist-hound Douglas Coupland publishes his 11th novel, Generation A. In advance of the occasion, he took the opportunity in yesterday's Guardian to jump into the Wayback Machine and talk about ... Read More »

September 28, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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Amazon’s Kindle not lighting fires in Norway

(Some) Alberta writers ineligible for Alberta award

Stephen King’s new face of evil: predatory pricing: UPDATED

Novelist stops reviewing because of rampant misogyny in crime fiction: UPDATED

Paul Quarrington wins Matt Cohen Award

Christian group upset with R. Crumb’s illustrated Book of Genesis

Marketing 101: DIY isn’t just for home renos anymore

Brit literary judges gone wild: the Man Booker edition

Super Thursday in Britain, and what U.S., U.K. publishers will be taking to Frankfurt

Douglas Coupland reminisces about writing Generation X

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