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Cormorant lands book by Toronto mayor David Miller

According to a press release sent out earlier this afternoon, the Toronto-based Cormorant Books has signed a deal with soon-to-be-ex-mayor David Miller. Witness to a City: David Miller's Toronto, which Miller will write with the ... Read More »

October 21, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

The sound of The Book of Negroes

By Scott MacDonald

If you've travelled on the subway in Toronto over the past few days, you may have noticed an odd new promotional campaign by HarperCollins Canada centred around Lawrence Hill's The Book of Negroes and three ... Read More »

October 16, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Does Kindle hate Canada?

By Scott MacDonald

It seems that the Kindle is finally going international. This morning, Amazon announced that it will begin shipping a new version of the e-reading device that will be able to download content wirelessly over AT&T's ... Read More »

October 7, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Self Publishing 2.0

By Alison Potstra

Who needs agents or publishers to market your novel when you can do it all yourself? Canadian author and book designer Andrew Smith, whose previous works have been published by Ten Speed Press and McClelland ... Read More »

October 6, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news

Google’s day of reckoning

By Scott MacDonald

Authors who wish to opt out of the Google Book Search settlement have until midnight tonight to do so. If you're an author, and you're still undecided about what to do, here's some previous Q&Q ... Read More »

September 4, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Only in America: Sony’s new wireless e-reader

By Scott MacDonald

There's a lot of hubbub south of the border today about the launch of Sony's new Daily Edition e-reader, the first Sony e-reading device to go wireless. According to The L.A. Times: The Daily Edition ... Read More »

August 25, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Book of Negroes to become feature film

By Scott MacDonald

When you consider how astoundingly well Lawrence Hill's 2007 novel The Book of Negroes has been selling, it was probably inevitable that somebody would want to turn the book into a film. According to a ... Read More »

August 19, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Why your e-books should be free … even though Dan Brown’s aren’t

By Suzanne Gardner

On his Guardian blog Digital Rights, Digital Wrongs, sci-fi author Cory Doctorow argues the case for releasing free e-books simultaneously with print editions. (Doctorow does this himself through the use of Creative Commons licences.) A ... Read More »

August 18, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news

Publishers Weekly up for sale … again

By Suzanne Gardner

Publishers Weekly announced this morning that it's being put up for sale. Reed Business Information, which publishes over 400 trade publications including PW, Library Journal, and School Library Journal, intends to sell most of its ... Read More »

July 30, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news

Discredited Montreal publisher back in business with new Jackson bio

By Scott MacDonald

Montreal publisher Pierre Turgeon “ who pleaded guilty last March to charges of fraud “ appears to have rebounded from the bankruptcy of his old publishing firm, Trait d'union. Not only is he back with ... Read More »

June 30, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

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