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The next of Kindle

After much fevered expectation on the part of tech-heads, nerds, and people with money to burn, the new Star Trek movie big-ass version of the Kindle has finally arrived. From the Financial Times: Amazon, the ... Read More »

May 6, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Peter C. Newman does Ignatieff

By Nathan Whitlock

Peter C. Newman, known for chronicling the lives of Canada's biggest, richest, and vainest, has been tapped by Random House Canada to write a biography of Michael Ignatieff, the noted author and academic recently coronated ... Read More »

May 6, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

J.G. Ballard’s final short story in The New Yorker

By Suzanne Gardner

[UPDATE: This story has been corrected to note the previous publications of Ballard's story.] The New Yorker has published a short story by science-fiction icon J.G. Ballard, who passed away on April 19. Originally published ... Read More »

May 5, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bam! Pow! Whazamo!

By Suzanne Gardner

Open Book: Toronto has launched a new online event this month to celebrate Canadian comics and graphic novels. Whazamo! Ontario Graphic Novel Month intends to showcase both well-known and newbie Canadian graphic novelists and illustrators ... Read More »

May 5, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

New large-format Kindle goes after the textbook market

By Suzanne Gardner

The new, larger-screen Kindle (which is rumoured to be unveiled by Amazon tomorrow) will be better able to display charts, diagrams, and images than the current six-inch screen. According to an article in The Wall ... Read More »

May 5, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Bookselling

Deal gives U.S. talk show host book profit sharing

By Suzanne Gardner

American talk show host, author, and staunchly conservative political commentator Glenn Beck has signed a wide-ranging contract with Simon & Schuster that will allow him a greater share in the profits of his forthcoming titles, ... Read More »

May 4, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Deals

Bookmarks: the new large-format Kindle, layoffs at Waterstone’s, and more

By Stuart Woods

Sundry links from around the Web: Rumours abound that the launch of a new, big-screen Kindle is only days away Waterstone's, the U.K.'s largest book retailer, cuts up to 650 positions The Toronto Star offers ... Read More »

May 4, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

How the Booker ruined James Kelman’s career

By Stuart Woods

When James Kelman won the Booker prize in 1994, the Scottish novelist surely expected that Britain's top literary award would propel him to a wider readership. But in a rare interview appearing in The Sunday ... Read More »

May 4, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Britain’s authors got talent

By Eric Emin Wood

The Penguin U.K. blog spotlights Novel Pitch, a live (but non-televised) competition similar to Britain's Got Talent, but with authors. Hamish Hamilton editor Juliette Mitchell writes: I was one of a panel of five, and our task ... Read More »

May 1, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Richard Poplak and more in the May Q&Q

By Stuart Woods

Jet-setting author Richard Poplak travelled to 17 different countries to research his latest book, which looks at the influence of American pop culture in the Muslim world, and he's Q&Q's cover subject in the May ... Read More »

May 1, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

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