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Daily book biz round-up, March 29

Your book world news for today: Contrary to reports out of Italy, Roth and Grisham both heart Obama Stephen King hearts Kindle, hates iPad Will e-books put wholesalers out of business? Diagram Prize winner: Crocheting ... Read More »

March 29, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Ingram draws line in sand over agency model

By Scott MacDonald

Publishers Marketplace is reporting (in a subscriber-only piece) that U.S. distribution giant Ingram has sent a letter to approximately 65 online retailers telling them it will "have to discontinue the availability of e-book titles from ... Read More »

March 25, 2010 | Filed under: Industry news

Margaret Laurence fails to make “Lost Booker Prize” shortlist

By Scott MacDonald

The six finalists for the Lost Man Booker Prize, which was created to retroactively honour books excluded from Booker contention in 1970, have been announced, and Canada's one potential nominee “ Margaret Laurence's longlisted The ... Read More »

March 25, 2010 | Filed under: Awards

Daily book biz round-up, March 25

By Scott MacDonald

Here's today's book news: Publishers Weekly takes temperature of Bologna Children's Book Fair Will Random House ever be on the iPad? More conjecture on Apple's book pricing plans Newbery-winner Sid Fleischman dies Harold W. McGraw ... Read More »

March 25, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Event photos: Ben Errett and Christian Cameron

By Nathan Whitlock

On March 4, Ben Errett launched his irreverent memoir Jew and Improved: How Choosing to be Chosen Made Me a Better Man (HarperCollins Canada) at Toronto's Drake Hotel as part of Ben McNally Books' The ... Read More »

March 24, 2010 | Filed under: Events

iPad pricing to match that of Kindle … maybe

By Steven W. Beattie

The Internet is a hive of rumour and innuendo, and nowhere is this more true than with anything having to do with Apple, a company that plays its cards notoriously close to the vest. Now ... Read More »

March 24, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Way to Display! Chester at Mabel’s Fables

By Nathan Whitlock

As part of Quillblog's ongoing commitment to filling our site with ephemera, sundries, and both flotsam and jetsam from around the book world, we are instituting a semi-regular feature entitled Way to Display!, in which ... Read More »

March 24, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Bookselling

Event photos: Tom Jokinen thinks outside the box at Toronto’s Gladstone Hotel

By Laura Godfrey

On Tuesday night, CBC Radio producer Tom Jokinen (left) launched his new memoir Curtains: Adventures of an Undertaker-in-Training (Random House Canada) at Toronto's Gladstone Hotel as part of This Is Not a Reading Series. Above: ... Read More »

March 24, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Kobo unveils e-reader

By Scott MacDonald

After months of speculation, Kobo unveiled its new e-reader at the CTIA Wireless conference in Las Vegas last night. The most salient details are: it's eInk-based; it's $149 (U.S.); it'll come pre-loaded with 100 public ... Read More »

March 24, 2010 | Filed under: Industry news

Daily book biz round-up, March 24

By Scott MacDonald

All the stuff you should be reading today: Publishers Weekly presents its (deeply depressing) 2009 sales rankings Author Paul Carr rants about Amazon's one-star review problem A rather thoughtful analysis of the current Amazon-in-Canada debate ... Read More »

March 24, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

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Daily book biz round-up, March 29

Ingram draws line in sand over agency model

Margaret Laurence fails to make “Lost Booker Prize” shortlist

Daily book biz round-up, March 25

Event photos: Ben Errett and Christian Cameron

iPad pricing to match that of Kindle … maybe

Way to Display! Chester at Mabel’s Fables

Event photos: Tom Jokinen thinks outside the box at Toronto’s Gladstone Hotel

Kobo unveils e-reader

Daily book biz round-up, March 24

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