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Coetzee on translation

In a rather long-winded essay by J.M. Coetzee, republished on The Weekend Australian website, the author, whose books have been translated into 25 languages, writes of the trials and tribulations of translation. The article, which ... Read More »

January 31, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

So emo

By Leigh Anne Williams

There's been a lot of book-biz chatter about the chick-lit genre in the past few years, but in a column on the Book Standard site, Jessa Crispin takes on a male analogue: "the emo boy ... Read More »

January 26, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Alex Good issues a challenge

By Scott MacDonald

The publication of bestsellers lists derived from data released by BookNet Canada in Q&Q's January/February issue has led litblogger Alex Good to comment on the state of bestsellers lists in Canada. Good cites a statement ... Read More »

January 25, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

On the uncertain future of Canadian publishing

By Scott MacDonald

Stephen Henighan's latest column in Geist magazine, this one on the importance of Canadian-owned publishers, begins with the alarming prediction of a literary agent: that there will be no Canadian-owned publishers in 20 years, only ... Read More »

January 25, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

What's in a name? About a 35.9% chance of hitting it big

By Leigh Anne Williams

Coming up with a title for a novel is always tricky -- so many factors to consider, so many people to please. If only there were a simple and quantitative way to gauge the effectiveness ... Read More »

January 20, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

The sounds of silence

By Leigh Anne Williams

The New York Times has a very fun piece (yes, that was New York Times, and yes, that was "very fun") about the struggles audiobook publishers face when trying to capture typographical quirks in audio ... Read More »

January 20, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Colour my bookshelf (absolutely not about James Frey)

By Leigh Anne Williams

Ever walked into a bookstore and noticed that one of the employees was getting cute with the endcaps -- devoting one of them entirely to yellow-covered titles, for instance? In the fall of 2004, San ... Read More »

January 19, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Atwood on the eve of the election

By Leigh Anne Williams

Margaret Atwood sat down with a CP reporter recently, ostensibly to promote her new collection, The Tent. But the main subject of discussion seemed to be next week's federal election. Though she won't reveal her ... Read More »

January 19, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

This just in: more fraud

By Scott MacDonald

Another recent article from The New York Times maintains that James Frey is not the only popular author who faked a hard life. Times writer Warren St. John may have answered a question vexing literary ... Read More »

January 11, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

It was a very so-so year

By Leigh Anne Williams

Ontario litblogger Alex Good has posted a year-end essay surveying the state of the book world in 2005, and he's mostly disappointed. "I think this was the year that saw the passing of an establishment," ... Read More »

January 5, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

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