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Publishers take stand against e-books

Simon & Schuster is taking action against the cut-rate $9.99 pricing of digital bestsellers by delaying the e-book editions of approximately 35 titles coming out in 2010. Hachette Book Group plans to follow suit. According ... Read More »

December 9, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Forget Oprah, now it’s the Tiger Effect

By Alison Potstra

A formerly obscure title, Get a Grip on Physics by U.K. professor John Gribbin, has experienced an increase in sales after a photo of Tiger Woods' car accident revealed the book lying among the wreckage. According ... Read More »

December 9, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Event photos (book signing edition): Shane Peacock at McNally Robinson, Edward Rutherfurd at A Different Drummer

By Nathan Whitlock

Recent Q&Q cover model Shane Peacock visited McNally Robinson's Toronto location on Nov. 26 to read from and sign copies of his most recent Sherlock Holmes adventure, The Vanishing Girl. Above: Peacock signs books for ... Read More »

December 8, 2009 | Filed under: Events

Bookmarks: Jane Austen, Margaret Atwood, the BrontÃ« sisters, and more

By Alison Potstra

A few bookish links from across the Web: To help you with the holiday shopping season, The Inkwell Bookstore Blog compiles a selection of gifts for the Jane Austenite on your list, including the Pride and ... Read More »

December 8, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

The Atlantic kindles a new relationship with Amazon

By Steven W. Beattie

Edna O'Brien, Curtis Sittenfeld, and Paul Theroux are among the writers who will be making their short fiction available exclusively to Kindle users thanks to a new deal between online retailer Amazon.com and the general ... Read More »

December 7, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Amazon doesn’t want to get physical

By Steven W. Beattie

Rumours that Amazon U.K. might be considering opening bricks-and-mortar stores have been greatly exaggerated, according to an Amazon spokesperson. Over the weekend, the Sunday Times published an article suggesting Amazon was "planning a surprise invasion ... Read More »

December 7, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Sarah Palin’s book-tour blunder, Rick Moody’s Twitter fiasco, and Sky Gilbert goes back in the closet

By Stuart Woods

Sundry links from around the Web: Sarah Palin's publicist admits it was a mistake to try barring foreign journalists from a book-signing event Poet, playwright, and activist Sky Gilbert comes out as "no longer gay" ... Read More »

December 3, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Event photos: Michael Ondaatje, Bruce Cockburn, Annabel Lyon, Joy Fielding, and … Q&Q

By Nathan Whitlock

Backstage at the PEN Canada benefit "Cockburn & Ondaatje: An Evening of Music and Words", which was held at Toronto's Glenn Gould Theatre on Nov. 21. From left: Bruce Cockburn, Lydia Cacho (the recipient of ... Read More »

December 2, 2009 | Filed under: Awards, Events

Neither a seller nor a buyer be

By Scott MacDonald

According to a report in The Guardian, a U.K. arts minister is proposing that the nation's libraries take the unprecedented step of becoming booksellers as well as lenders: Libraries risk sleepwalking through the century unless ... Read More »

December 2, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Bookmarks: Britain’s phone booth library, Herta MÃ¼ller’s “psychosis,” and the Bad Sex in Fiction Award winner

By Alison Potstra

Some sundry links from across the Web: Resourceful idea of the week: British village transforms traditional red phone booth into local library Coming soon to a theatre near you: the book trailer for Quirk Classics' ... Read More »

December 1, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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Publishers take stand against e-books

Forget Oprah, now it’s the Tiger Effect

Event photos (book signing edition): Shane Peacock at McNally Robinson, Edward Rutherfurd at A Different Drummer

Bookmarks: Jane Austen, Margaret Atwood, the BrontÃ« sisters, and more

The Atlantic kindles a new relationship with Amazon

Amazon doesn’t want to get physical

Bookmarks: Sarah Palin’s book-tour blunder, Rick Moody’s Twitter fiasco, and Sky Gilbert goes back in the closet

Event photos: Michael Ondaatje, Bruce Cockburn, Annabel Lyon, Joy Fielding, and … Q&Q

Neither a seller nor a buyer be

Bookmarks: Britain’s phone booth library, Herta MÃ¼ller’s “psychosis,” and the Bad Sex in Fiction Award winner

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