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Kathy Lowinger to retire from Tundra

Kathy Lowinger, publisher of McClelland & Stewart kids' imprint Tundra Books, will be retiring at the end of this year, according to a press release issued by M&S this morning. Lowinger has been a major ... Read More »

June 24, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Court rules against S&S in Stephen King text messaging case

By Scott MacDonald

The U.S. Court of Appeals ruled against Simon & Schuster today, saying that the publishing firm violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act in its advertising campaign for Stephen King's horror novel The Cell. According to ... Read More »

June 22, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Google Book Search announces new features

By Scott MacDonald

While the publishing industry frets about Google's looming supremacy over the written word, Google itself just continues on its merry way, scanning books and fine-tuning the presentation of them. Yesterday, Google announced a number of ... Read More »

June 19, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Granta editor calls attention to impending Canadian litmag crisis

By Scott MacDonald

John Freeman, the new acting editor of Granta magazine, weighs in on the state of litmags in an article in today's Independent. Interestingly, the piece begins by looking at the recent blow dealt to litmags ... Read More »

June 19, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Terminating textbooks, with extreme prejudice

By Scott MacDonald

As many of you probably already know, the state of California is dealing with one of its worst ever fiscal crises, and governator Arnold Schwarzenegger is proposing a number of emergency measures to deal with ... Read More »

June 9, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Indigo to launch its own e-reader?

By Scott MacDonald

Canada AM tech reporter Kris Abel was casually chatting with Indigo CEO Heather Reisman this morning “ she had just got through doing an interview about her annual "summer reads" selections “ when she revealed ... Read More »

June 3, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Tom Tomorrow and The Very Silly Mayor

By Nathan Whitlock

Political cartoonist and blogger Tom Tomorrow (né Dan Perkins) has decided to branch out into kidlit with a picture book entitled The Very Silly Mayor, due out in September. On his site, This Modern World, ... Read More »

May 13, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

McArthur to lose Hachette U.K. lines

By Scott MacDonald

Earlier today, the international publishing giant Hachette Book Group announced that it will be moving Canadian sales and distribution of its U.K. lines to its U.S. offices. The decision will have major ramifications for several ... Read More »

May 7, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Toronto set to drown in Joy Fielding novels

By Scott MacDonald

This weekend, Doubleday Canada will be mounting one of the most elaborate “ and crazy? “ sounding book promotions we've ever heard of. According to a press release the company sent out today, it has ... Read More »

March 27, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

New Mark Twain essays forthcoming

By Steven W. Beattie

Before his death, Franz Kafka famously told his literary executor, Max Brod, to burn all his manuscripts. Brod didn't listen, and as a result, Western literature has The Trial and The Castle. Last year, there ... Read More »

March 9, 2009 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

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