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Book Links: reading for TIFF; self-published titles move in Wal-Mart; breaking the “speed barrier of reading”

Fifteen books that inspired this year's TIFF films (CBC Books). CreateSpace self-published titles are making their way into Wal-Mart and other big retailers (Teleread). Scientists are studying ways to make reading more efficient (Scientific American). ... Read More »

September 11, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: BitLit partners with Ingram; Perseus looks to sell; Toronto gets Harry Potter bar

By Becky Robertson

Vancouver-based BitLit partners with Ingram to offer more ebook bundles, adds Goodreads integration (The Bookseller). Perseus Book Group announces plans to sell company (Publishers Weekly). Toronto welcomes The Lockhart, its very own Harry Potter–themed bar ... Read More »

September 10, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: Station Eleven chosen for Reddit Book Club; readers petition to remove Roosh V titles from Amazon

By Becky Robertson

Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven named next Reddit Book Club pick (Galleycat). More than 200,000 people sign petition to get "pickup artist" Roosh V's pro rape books removed from Amazon (The Daily Mail). ... Read More »

September 9, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: Captain Underpants reveals gay character in a superhero way; reading GIF novels; begging for blurbs

By Sue Carter

Dav Pilkey is a superhero for the way he introduced a gay character into his Captain Underpants series (newnownext.com) New Zealand's first banned book in 22 years is a YA novel containing "offensive language and ... Read More »

September 8, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: Guy Gavriel Kay wins French prize; YA authors raise money for Syrian refugees; Toronto’s underpass library

By Becky Robertson

Caledon Public Library aims to promote local authors (Caledon Public Library). Guy Gavriel Kay's Under Heaven (Les Chevaux Célestes) wins French prix Elbakin.net for best translated novel The value of book tours, even if ... Read More »

September 4, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: National Book Awards to honour Don DeLillo; HuffPo article stirs up Red Hen Press

By Becky Robertson

Don DeLillo to receive National Book Award for lifetime achievement (LA Times). Red Hen Press faces controversy, resignations in wake of managing editor Kate Gale's Huffington Post article (Publishers Weekly). Literary groups want to ... Read More »

September 3, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: PRH buys Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep; Bond author apologizes for calling Idris Elba “too street”

By Becky Robertson

Penguin Random House buys rights to self-published buzz book that claims to put kids to sleep (Publishers Weekly). OverDrive cites more than 100-million ebook and audiobook checkouts from libraries (Goodereader). 007 author Anthony Horowitz says ... Read More »

September 2, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: Harper Lee’s third novel just a rumour; Penguin Random House’s strong first half is real; Ferrante on feminism

By Becky Robertson

Rare-books expert says passages rumoured to be third novel by Harper Lee are actually drafts of Mockingbird and Watchman (The Guardian). Penguin Random House announces sales up 16.2 per cent in first half of 2015 ... Read More »

September 1, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: how to write toe-curling sex scenes; tracking misogyny; love-hating Franzen

By Sue Carter

Grandpa RL Stine goes goosebumps-free for The Little Shop of Monsters (Guardian). Misogyny is nothing new, but the use of the word is (The Economist). French journalists arrested for blackmailing Morocco's King Mohammed VI with ... Read More »

August 28, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: Chinese hipsters buy three million colouring books; Christmas comes early for pre-school Mariah Carey fans; U.S. Christian publishers catch pope fever

By Becky Robertson

Colour the author wealthy: Secret Garden adult colouring book sells three million copies in China (The Guardian). David Lagercrantz on The Girl in the Spider’s Web, Book 4 in the late Stig Larsson’s now somewhat ... Read More »

August 27, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

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Book Links: reading for TIFF; self-published titles move in Wal-Mart; breaking the “speed barrier of reading”

Book Links: BitLit partners with Ingram; Perseus looks to sell; Toronto gets Harry Potter bar

Book Links: Station Eleven chosen for Reddit Book Club; readers petition to remove Roosh V titles from Amazon

Book Links: Captain Underpants reveals gay character in a superhero way; reading GIF novels; begging for blurbs

Book Links: Guy Gavriel Kay wins French prize; YA authors raise money for Syrian refugees; Toronto’s underpass library

Book Links: National Book Awards to honour Don DeLillo; HuffPo article stirs up Red Hen Press

Book Links: PRH buys Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep; Bond author apologizes for calling Idris Elba “too street”

Book Links: Harper Lee’s third novel just a rumour; Penguin Random House’s strong first half is real; Ferrante on feminism

Book Links: how to write toe-curling sex scenes; tracking misogyny; love-hating Franzen

Book Links: Chinese hipsters buy three million colouring books; Christmas comes early for pre-school Mariah Carey fans; U.S. Christian publishers catch pope fever

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