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Year-end book sales up in 2008, according to BookNet Canada report

Despite bad winter weather and an even bleaker economic climate, Canadian book sales were up by 6% in the last three months of 2008, according to a report released today by BookNet Canada. But according ... Read More »

January 19, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Barnes & Noble announces layoffs

By Stuart Woods

The downturn in the U.S. publishing industry is spilling over into the retail sector. After dismal holiday sales, which dipped by 5.2% in the nine-week run-up to Christmas, the beleaguered U.S. retailer Barnes & Noble ... Read More »

January 16, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Ken Follett busted by Kindle

By Scott MacDonald

A technology blogger named Mark Hurst was reading Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth on a Kindle e-reader recently, and made a fascinating discovery. It began when he noticed Follett's repeated use of the phrase ... Read More »

January 14, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Pages gets new lease on life

By Stuart Woods

Last fall, Q&Q Omni reported that after 30 years at its current Queen Street West location, Toronto's Pages Books & Magazines was slated to move “ or shut down “ when the store's lease expires ... Read More »

January 14, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

When plagiarism becomes cryptomnesia

By Stuart Woods

First, a fraudulent Holocaust memoir finds new life as a novel. Now, a leading U.S. spiritual author is dodging charges that one of his recent blog posts “ which follows nearly verbatim a decade-old essay ... Read More »

January 14, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Hey kids! Wanna read about America’s president-elect?

By Nathan Whitlock

Well now you can! For real? Yes you can. Oh, and ... Read More »

January 8, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Laura Bush signs memoir deal

By Scott MacDonald

According to The Wall Street Journal, outgoing U.S. First Lady Laura Bush has just signed a deal with Scribner for a memoir of her time in the White House, which should hit the streets sometime ... Read More »

January 7, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Kids’ books with the added value of gaming

By Scott MacDonald

According to a report by the BBC, Oxford University Press has created a new series of picture books “ branded Project X “ that attempt to appeal to young boys by mimicking the look of ... Read More »

January 7, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Surprise! Fairy tales are not PC

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

According to an article in the Telegraph, a poll of 3,000 British parents found that parents are refusing to read "traditional" fairy tales to their children because they fear their kids will be "emotionally damaged." ... Read More »

January 6, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Two Canadian novels on Richard & Judy’s list for 2009

By Steven W. Beattie

It's not quite Oprah, but in the U.K. it's the closest thing there is. Television celebrities Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan are the hosts of Britain's wildly popular Richard and Judy's Book Club, and this ... Read More »

January 5, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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