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Great moments in disappointment

The Literary Review of Canada has asked several of their contributors “ including Marian Botsford Fraser, Rex Murphy, Janice Gross Stein, and Andrew Potter “ to weigh-in on the "great" books they were most let ... Read More »

December 7, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

$3 million for Karl Rove’s memoirs?

By Nathan Whitlock

Maybe, according to the New York Post: Karl Rove, the controversial and long-time senior adviser to President George W. Bush, is shopping a memoir in an auction that will kick off today and likely result ... Read More »

December 6, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

All I want for Christmas is a new job

By Q&Q jobs

This week on Q&Q's Job Board: Sales Coordinator, Marketing - The University of Toronto Press (Toronto, ON) Managing Editor - Nimbus Publishing (Halifax, NS) Rights Manager - Kids Can Press (Toronto, ON) Sales/Publicity & Administrative ... Read More »

December 5, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Text-message lit a hit in Japan

By Stuart Woods

The latest news from the annals of text-message lit comes from Japan, where cell-phone novels “ books composed on a cell phone's cramped keyboard and consumed on its tiny screen “ are producing bestsellers, emoticons ... Read More »

December 4, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Not all lost books are happy to be found

By Nathan Whitlock

When lost books by well-known authors are found, it is usually an occasion for celebration. Not in the case of a non-fiction book about oil exploration written by Wallace Stegner, an award-winning novelist and creative ... Read More »

December 3, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Love your job

By Q&Q jobs

This week on Q&Q's Job Board: Sales/Publicity & Administrative Assistant - Douglas & McIntyre Ltd. (Toronto, ON.) News Editor - Quill & Quire (Toronto, ON) Senior Publicist - Simon & Schuster Canada (Markham, ON) Print ... Read More »

November 28, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Amazon wins privacy battle

By Nathan Whitlock

From the Associated Press: Federal prosecutors have withdrawn a subpoena seeking the identities of thousands of people who bought used books through online retailer Amazon.com Inc., newly unsealed court records show. The withdrawal came after ... Read More »

November 28, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

U.K. publishers go green, sort of

By Stuart Woods

In response to the latest International Panel on Climate Change report, the most alarming to date, a British environmental organization and publishing industry mouthpiece is promising "a 10% reduction in carbon footprint from 2006 levels ... Read More »

November 27, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

This just in: indie presses important

By Nathan Whitlock

Despite the eternal precariousness of indie press life, that they often punch way above their weight in sales, award nominations, and critical recognition is an accepted fact in Canada. Not so in the U.K., where ... Read More »

November 26, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Pullman pulled in Peterborough

By Nathan Whitlock

Philip Pullman keeps running afoul of Ontario school boards. In what is looking like the most effective publicity campaign ignorance can buy, Pullman's The Golden Compass has been pulled from the shelves of school libraries ... Read More »

November 26, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news, Libraries

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