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Q&A with Canada Reads defender Trent McClellan

This year's Canada Reads debates are underway and David Bergen's Age of Hope has already been eliminated. Dubbed the Canada Reads Turf Wars, the debates feature five panelists defending a book they selected to represent ... Read More »

February 11, 2013 | Filed under: Book news

BookNet bestsellers: cookbooks

By Sue Carter

Bad news for carb-loaders: this week's best-selling cookbook is William Davis's Wheat Belly Cookbook, the follow-up to his popular health guide, Wheat Belly. For the two weeks ending Feb. 3: 1. Wheat Belly Cookbook, William ... Read More »

February 11, 2013 | Filed under: Bestsellers

Edwin Mellen Press suing McMaster librarian in $4.5 million libel lawsuit

By Sue Carter

An online petition is calling for professors, librarians, and other academics to stand by Dale Askey, an associate university librarian at Hamilton's McMaster University. Askey is being sued by U.S. academic publisher Edwin Mellen Press ... Read More »

February 11, 2013 | Filed under: Libraries

Why book prices are higher in Canada, Maurice Sendak is the new Shakespeare, and more

By Natalie Sequeira

Senate report shows why books cost more in Canada than across the border Stephen Greenblatt on why Maurice Sendak is the new Shakespeare Anonymous donor helps restore rare books at Boston Public Library Writer Antonio ... Read More »

February 11, 2013 | Filed under: Book links

Macmillan settles ebook pricing suit, romance author revealed as war hero, and more

By Sue Carter

Macmillan settles with the U.S. Department of Justice Romance author Jessica Blair revealed to be 89-year-old war hero Bill Spence ... Read More »

February 8, 2013 | Filed under: Book links

New Society reacquired by former owners

By Stuart Woods

The dismantling of D&M Publishers is now complete, with official confirmation that New Society Publishers has found new ownership under some familiar names. As Q&Q reported last week, former New Society co-owners Judith and Chris ... Read More »

February 8, 2013 | Filed under: Industry news

Is Amazon preparing to sell used ebooks?

By Sue Carter

Amazon Technologies has been awarded a U.S. patent for a "used digital content marketplace" that would include the ability for consumers to buy and sell ebooks and audio downloads. According to the Washington Post, the ... Read More »

February 7, 2013 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Simon & Schuster confirmed as publisher of Stephen Harper’s hockey book

By Sue Carter

It's no secret that Prime Minister Stephen Harper is an avid hockey fan, and has been diligently working on a historical examination of Canada's national sport for years. Today it was officially revealed that Simon ... Read More »

February 7, 2013 | Filed under: Industry news

Churchill was a poet, phantom bookstores, and more

By Natalie Sequeira

Winston Churchill poem discovered, heads to auction block Roxana Robinson on Manhattan's phantom bookstores Elizabeth Gilbert takes on "cranky" ... Read More »

February 7, 2013 | Filed under: Book links

Indigo sales down 4.9 per cent

By Natalie Sequeira

A fall in sales of books and e-readers has led to a 4.9 per cent decrease in net revenues for Indigo Books & Music in its third quarter, which ended Dec. 29. In a press ... Read More »

February 6, 2013 | Filed under: Bookselling

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Q&A with Canada Reads defender Trent McClellan

BookNet bestsellers: cookbooks

Edwin Mellen Press suing McMaster librarian in $4.5 million libel lawsuit

Why book prices are higher in Canada, Maurice Sendak is the new Shakespeare, and more

Macmillan settles ebook pricing suit, romance author revealed as war hero, and more

New Society reacquired by former owners

Is Amazon preparing to sell used ebooks?

Simon & Schuster confirmed as publisher of Stephen Harper’s hockey book

Churchill was a poet, phantom bookstores, and more

Indigo sales down 4.9 per cent

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