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The Times’ Motoko Rich moves on from publishing beat

Publishers Weekly is reporting that The New York Times' intrepid publishing reporter Motoko Rich is leaving the books beat behind to join the newspaper's Business Day section. Rich, who worked previously for The Wall Street ... Read More »

April 8, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up, April 8

By Scott MacDonald

News for a quiet Thursday: Tom Clancy's first novel in seven years sounds kinda like The A-Team E-book sales beat audiobook sales in 2009 Simon & Schuster to publish George Carlin's letters in 2011 Yann ... Read More »

April 8, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up, April 7

By Scott MacDonald

Here's the day's links: J.K. Rowling may possibly one day if she feels like it write another Harry Potter book Visual artists grab torches, join authors in storming the Google fortress Breaking down the iPad's ... Read More »

April 7, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Griffin Poetry Prize pot doubles to $200,000

By Stuart Woods

The world's most lucrative poetry prize just got a little richer. In recognition of the 10th anniversary of the Griffin Poetry Prize, founder Scott Griffin announced this morning that annual prize winnings will double to ... Read More »

April 6, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up, April 6

By Scott MacDonald

The day's news, in convenient bullet form: Random House has its iPad cake and eats it, too Salon's Laura Miller ... Read More »

April 6, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

The Shepherd’s Granddaughter censorship controversy heats up

By Stuart Woods

The war of words surrounding children's book The Shepherd's Granddaughter (Groundwood Books) has escalated, with a Toronto District School Board trustee calling on the country's largest school board to ban the book and to suspend ... Read More »

April 5, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

HarperStudio shuttered after only two years

By Steven W. Beattie

When Bob Miller launched the HarperStudio imprint two years ago, it seemed like a perfect moment to take a chance on an innovative publishing model. The imprint would publish two books per month and offer ... Read More »

April 5, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Apple claims 250,000 e-book downloads on iPad’s first day

By Steven W. Beattie

A short post over at Galleycat points to a press release from Apple wherein the tech giant claims that 300,000 iPads were sold in the U.S. on Saturday and the iBookstore counted 250,000 downloads. The ... Read More »

April 5, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up, April 5

By Scott MacDonald

For those of you returning to work today, some news tidbits: First day iPad sales cause line-ups, stampedes, mass hysteria! Okay, so sales weren't that good Rabid iPad owners download 250,000 e-books (the free ones, ... Read More »

April 5, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Event photos: David Eddie’s Toronto launch

By Stuart Woods

Last Thursday in Toronto, Globe and Mail columnist David Eddie launched his collection Damage Control: How to Tiptoe Away from the Smoking Wreckage of Your Latest Screw-up with a Minimum of Harm to Your Reputation. ... Read More »

April 1, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

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The Times’ Motoko Rich moves on from publishing beat

Daily book biz round-up, April 8

Daily book biz round-up, April 7

Griffin Poetry Prize pot doubles to $200,000

Daily book biz round-up, April 6

The Shepherd’s Granddaughter censorship controversy heats up

HarperStudio shuttered after only two years

Apple claims 250,000 e-book downloads on iPad’s first day

Daily book biz round-up, April 5

Event photos: David Eddie’s Toronto launch

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