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Daily book biz round-up: Google Editions ready for launch; new Oprah pick; and more

Today's book news: Google Editions finally ready to launch, says Washington Post Let the guessing begin: Oprah to announce new book club pick on Dec. 6 Judith Regan to look for "a funny guy" on ... Read More »

December 1, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

God’s latest, available in 2011

By Alina Seagal

Simon & Schuster has struck a deal with God. Today, the publisher announced plans to release a memoir authored by the creator of the universe by late 2011. We are pleased and honored to add ... Read More »

November 30, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Reviews sabotaged on Amazon U.K.

By Alina Seagal

The U.K.'s Daily Mail (via MobyLives) reports authors and publishers who are accusing each other of skewing Amazon star ratings by creating fake reader reviews: [PR firms] provide favourable reviews of new books, at a ... Read More »

November 30, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up: Amazon rips off Kindle users; snogging Salman; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: Scandal! Amazon charging Kindle users for free Project Gutenberg titles Sex! British media personality sues Sunday Times for writing that she "snogged" Salman Rushdie Passion! Nabokov's love letters to be published in ... Read More »

November 30, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Carpenter, Birdsell among winners at Saskatchewan Book Awards

By Scott MacDonald

The 18th annual Saskatchewan Book Awards were held in Regina on Saturday. The winners were as follows: Book of the year: David Carpenter, A Hunter's Confession (Greystone Books) Fiction: Sandra Birdsell, Waiting for Joe (Random ... Read More »

November 29, 2010 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

The hermeneutics of hoochies

By Steven W. Beattie

In the movie Dangerous Minds, the high school English teacher played by Michelle Pfeiffer tries to instill a love of poetry in her class of inner-city students by having them parse the drug references in ... Read More »

November 29, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Censoring Vargas Llosa

By Steven W. Beattie

The 74-year-old Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa made a name for himself with a series of books published in Spain during the Franco regime in the 1960s. Books such as The City and the Dogs ... Read More »

November 29, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Event photo: Claudia Dey launches How to be a Bush Pilot

By Nathan Whitlock

Claudia Dey launched her sex-advice book, How to Be a Bush Pilot (HarperCollins Canada), at Toronto's Drake Hotel on Nov. 10. The launch featured live music and an onstage chat between Dey and author Michael ... Read More »

November 29, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Daily book biz round-up: World Book Night; The Facebook Book; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: Jamie Byng angers indie booksellers with World Book Night Norwegian police reopen Satanic Verses shooting case It had to happen: The Facebook Book Laura Miller on new graphic novels for non-fanboys Tech ... Read More »

November 29, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Penguin Classics partners with Indigo to go (RED)

By Alina Seagal

In May, Penguin Classics launched a partnership with the charitable AIDS organization (PRODUCT)RED, releasing a series of eight redesigned Penguin Classics titles. Now, the publisher is launching an expanded line of (RED) books -- 16 ... Read More »

November 26, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

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Daily book biz round-up: Google Editions ready for launch; new Oprah pick; and more

God’s latest, available in 2011

Reviews sabotaged on Amazon U.K.

Daily book biz round-up: Amazon rips off Kindle users; snogging Salman; and more

Carpenter, Birdsell among winners at Saskatchewan Book Awards

The hermeneutics of hoochies

Censoring Vargas Llosa

Event photo: Claudia Dey launches How to be a Bush Pilot

Daily book biz round-up: World Book Night; The Facebook Book; and more

Penguin Classics partners with Indigo to go (RED)

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