by Steven W. Beattie

U.S. Justice Department to investigate Google settlement

The Google book search settlement (for background, see here and here) faces yet another hurdle. The New York Times is reporting today that the U.S. Justice Department has confirmed its intention to investigate whether or ... Read More »

July 2, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Indigo deals with the digital revolution

By Steven W. Beattie

Information wants to be free, or so the popular bromide has it. Heather Reisman, CEO and "chief booklover" of Indigo Books & Music, has another formula: "All content wants to be digital." According to an ... Read More »

June 29, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Deals

Borders U.K. targets bookish singles

By Steven W. Beattie

Quillblogger, with dark hair, eyes, age indeterminate, possessed of a vaguely Byronesque temperament, likes Dostoevsky, Nietzsche, Flannery O'Connor, and long walks on the beach. Dislikes Dan Brown novels and anything Twilight-related. Enquiries welcome. Photo preferred. ... Read More »

June 29, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Editing as spectator sport

By Steven W. Beattie

Uh-oh. Is it just us, or does this sound like a potentially perilous idea? Brian Joseph Davis, writing in The Globe and Mail's In Other Words blog, points to an event taking place on July ... Read More »

June 24, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

The return of Captain Canuck!

By Steven W. Beattie

No, not Michael Ignatieff. We're talking about the Captain Canuck, the Canadian superhero first dreamed up in 1971 by artists Ron Leishman and Richard Comely. (Their original name for the character “ Captain Canada “ ... Read More »

June 24, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Claudia Dey, Patrick Lane nominated for Amazon.ca First Novel Award

By Steven W. Beattie

The nominees for the Amazon.ca First Novel Award (formerly the Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award) have been announced. The award, which was first handed out in 1976, comes with a purse of $7,500. The ... Read More »

June 16, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Michael Tamblyn leaves BookNet Canada for Shortcovers

By Steven W. Beattie

Michael Tamblyn, the founding CEO of BookNet Canada, has stepped down after six years to become vice-president of content, sales, and merchandising at Shortcovers, Indigo's new digital publishing venture. Tamblyn will be succeeded at BookNet ... Read More »

June 15, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Hal Niedzviecki’s Peep Diaries gets Oprah endorsement “ sort of

By Steven W. Beattie

The world's most influential reader has given a boost to homegrown writer Hal Niedzviecki, by naming his new book “ The Peep Diaries “ one of "25 Books You Can't Put Down." The 2009 Summer ... Read More »

June 15, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Israeli poets and Stephen Colbert

By Steven W. Beattie

What do they have in common, you ask? Well, last week, a group of Israeli scribes and the host of The Colbert Report took the helm of respected news organs as guest editors and content ... Read More »

June 15, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Why do people hate poetry?

By Steven W. Beattie

Given the recent furor over the Oxford professor of poetry post, not to mention the hefty sums handed out to A.F. Moritz and C.D. Wright at the Griffin Poetry Prize ceremony last week, it might ... Read More »

June 8, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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U.S. Justice Department to investigate Google settlement

Indigo deals with the digital revolution

Borders U.K. targets bookish singles

Editing as spectator sport

The return of Captain Canuck!

Claudia Dey, Patrick Lane nominated for Amazon.ca First Novel Award

Michael Tamblyn leaves BookNet Canada for Shortcovers

Hal Niedzviecki’s Peep Diaries gets Oprah endorsement “ sort of

Israeli poets and Stephen Colbert

Why do people hate poetry?

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