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Inkling’s new digital publishing tool, Aung San Suu Kyi’s literary solace, and more

Inkling unveils digital publishing tool to compete with Amazon and Apple Vikram Seth a source of solace for Aung San Suu Kyi during house arrest HarperCollins U.K. CEO Victoria Barnsley suggests bookstores charge customers for ... Read More »

February 12, 2013 | Filed under: Book links

Why book prices are higher in Canada, Maurice Sendak is the new Shakespeare, and more

By Natalie Sequeira

Senate report shows why books cost more in Canada than across the border Stephen Greenblatt on why Maurice Sendak is the new Shakespeare Anonymous donor helps restore rare books at Boston Public Library Writer Antonio ... Read More »

February 11, 2013 | Filed under: Book links

Macmillan settles ebook pricing suit, romance author revealed as war hero, and more

By Sue Carter

Macmillan settles with the U.S. Department of Justice Romance author Jessica Blair revealed to be 89-year-old war hero Bill Spence ... Read More »

February 8, 2013 | Filed under: Book links

Churchill was a poet, phantom bookstores, and more

By Natalie Sequeira

Winston Churchill poem discovered, heads to auction block Roxana Robinson on Manhattan's phantom bookstores Elizabeth Gilbert takes on "cranky" ... Read More »

February 7, 2013 | Filed under: Book links

Calgary’s “pennies for books” campaign, the golden age of publishing, and more

By Natalie Sequeira

Calgary Public Library campaign turns pennies into books Hatchette's Michael Pietsch on why publishing is in its golden age The true story behind Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Apple launches Breakout Books section in iBookstore for self-published ... Read More »

February 6, 2013 | Filed under: Book links

U.K. library branch saved from closure, scarlet fever didn’t blind Mary Ingalls, and more

By Natalie Sequeira

Campaigners save London's Friern Barnet library branch from closure Laura Ingalls Wilder's sister, Mary, wasn't blinded by scarlet fever Neil Gaiman teams up with Blackberry for A Calendar of Tales story series U.K. doctors prescribe books ... Read More »

February 5, 2013 | Filed under: Book links

Lionel Gelber Prize longlist, Aung San Suu Kyi a hit at Burma literary festival, and more

By Natalie Sequeira

Lionel Gelber Prize longlist revealed Aung San Suu Kyi highlight of Irrawaddy Literary Festival in Burma Judging a book ... Read More »

February 4, 2013 | Filed under: Book links

The digital self-publishing dilemma, publisher-run bookstore cafes, and more

By Natalie Sequeira

Alasdair Stuart on why digital self-publishing is more complicated than it appears Bookstore cafés owned by publishers trending in Korea Do old works of non-fiction require fact-checking before being re-released? Ten bizarre fairy tale adaptations ... Read More »

February 1, 2013 | Filed under: Book links

Julie Kagawa’s seven-figure book deal, Fitzgerald’s house for sale, and more

By Natalie Sequeira

YA novelist, Julie Kagawa, signs seven-figure book deal with Harlequin Teen F. Scott Fitzgerald's Baltimore house up for sale Tor U.K. ... Read More »

January 31, 2013 | Filed under: Book links

Hilary Mantel picks up Costa award, Maurice Sendak’s posthumous book, and more

By Natalie Sequeira

Hilary Mantel's Bring up the Bodies named Costa Book of the Year Vanity Fair posts excerpt from Maurice Sendak's posthumous My Brother's ... Read More »

January 30, 2013 | Filed under: Book links

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