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Confessions of a Gorgeous Hussy

With a lawsuit well underway against Google for their Google Print project, the search engine's decision to digitize the contents of major libraries has raised questions about the merits and disadvantages of the Internet's role ... Read More »

September 29, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Russia's new literary crisis

By Scott MacDonald

Russia, the nation that spawned many of the world's greatest books both thick and thin, is now experiencing some literary hardships. On a recent bestsellers list posted on the country's online bookseller, Ozon.ru, "six of ... Read More »

September 28, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Englishman ploughs through notoriously long Russian novel 15 times

By Scott MacDonald

Most Russians can't stand it; some English can't get enough of it. Today Tanya Gold of the Guardian reports the results of an informal poll that asks, "How many times have you read War and ... Read More »

September 28, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

I'd like to thank the academy…

By Scott MacDonald

With the number of names on acknowledgement pages appearing in counts of 50 and in some cases 100, an author's thanks has never meant so much -- or so little. The Wall Street Journal's Katherine ... Read More »

September 26, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Pens and swords

By Scott MacDonald

This week, The Nation posted a letter written by poet Sharon Olds to First Lady Laura Bush in response to an invitation to read at the National Book Festival in Washington taking place tomorrow, the ... Read More »

September 23, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Woman owns 9,500 books

By Scott MacDonald

Remember that old cliché "be careful what you wish for?" Emily Wilson of the Coulee News in West Salem, Wisconsin, reports on the life of a woman employed in a profession that ranks high among ... Read More »

September 22, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Supporters of the novel fight for its life

By Scott MacDonald

The death of the novel has been heralded by everyone from Tom Wolfe to, most recently, VS Naipaul. Says Naipaul: "It's safe to say that no novels have yet engaged with the post-September 11 era ... Read More »

September 21, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Rock 'n' roll library

By Scott MacDonald

Ever wish the library had longer hours? In an attempt to modernize its library service, England's Northumberland County Council is looking at potential changes. One option under consideration is the delivery of books to local ... Read More »

September 20, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Men scorn free books

By Scott MacDonald

In a park near his home in central London, Ian McEwan lent credence to a theory as old as the world's first English-language novel, Samuel Richardson's Clarissa. This theory holds that women, on average, read ... Read More »

September 20, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Canadian literary fiction: undersold and under-publicized

By Scott MacDonald

The Globe and Mail's books editor, Martin Levin, outlines the predicament surrounding Canadian literary fiction: under-publicized and therefore undersold. The roots of the publicity problem, he claims, are in the ever-decreasing number of Canadian book-talk ... Read More »

September 19, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

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