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Why your e-books should be free … even though Dan Brown’s aren’t

On his Guardian blog Digital Rights, Digital Wrongs, sci-fi author Cory Doctorow argues the case for releasing free e-books simultaneously with print editions. (Doctorow does this himself through the use of Creative Commons licences.) A ... Read More »

August 18, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news

This Ain’t the Rosedale Library’s 30th birthday bash at Harbourfront

By Suzanne Gardner

Authors at Harbourfront Centre will host a 30th birthday tribute to Toronto indie bookstore This Ain't the Rosedale Library on Sept. 16. Torontonians are invited to celebrate the store's longevity with readings from bill bissett, ... Read More »

August 18, 2009 | Filed under: Bookselling, Events

Publishers scramble to avoid the coming Dan Brown tsunami

By Steven W. Beattie

Hollywood has made determining a film's release date into a science. You don't want to release a quirky little independent film opposite the new Transformers sequel because you'll get crushed. Similarly, publishers are eyeing Sept. ... Read More »

August 17, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Margaret Atwood: poet, novelist, blogger?

By Steven W. Beattie

It is a truth universally acknowledged that an author with a book to promote will be in want of a blog. We just never suspected that the author in question would be Margaret Atwood. It ... Read More »

August 17, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Here a tweet, there a tweet …

By Steven W. Beattie

News broke last week that Margaret Atwood is on Twitter. This is not entirely surprising; Atwood has a new novel coming out that needs promoting, and she's shown through her LongPen robo-hand device for remote ... Read More »

August 13, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Clinton reads book blogs

By Scott MacDonald

One of our favorite book blogs, the L.A. Times' Jacket Copy, appears to have fans from all walks of life, including former U.S. presidents. This morning, blogger Carolyn Kellogg posted a handwritten note from the ... Read More »

August 13, 2009

Canadian Connections

By Q&Q Staff

Sponsored Blog Post: Canadian connections found in The Time Traveler's Wife include actors Rachel McAdams as Claire Tabshire and actress Fiona Reid as Lucille Abshire; film locations in Toronto, Hamilton and Scugog Township; and one ... Read More »

August 13, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Mamet directs Anne Frank, Anna Porter visits the Y, and more

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: David Mamet to direct Anne Frank film for Disney (NB: the Guardian's headline is "David Mamet to tackle Anne Frank," which is just not nice) Anna Porter on her appearance at New ... Read More »

August 12, 2009 | Filed under: Book links

To Kill a Mockingbird yanked at Brampton high school

By Nathan Whitlock

Here we go again. From the Toronto Star: The classic literary novel To Kill a Mockingbird is being pulled from the Grade 10 English course at a Brampton high school after a parent complained about ... Read More »

August 12, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin

By Q&Q Staff

Sponsored Blog Post: Screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin has adapted The Time Traveler's Wife for the silver screen. His previous writing projects including Ghost, for which he won the Academy Award for best screenplay, Deep Impact ... Read More »

August 12, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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Why your e-books should be free … even though Dan Brown’s aren’t

This Ain’t the Rosedale Library’s 30th birthday bash at Harbourfront

Publishers scramble to avoid the coming Dan Brown tsunami

Margaret Atwood: poet, novelist, blogger?

Here a tweet, there a tweet …

Clinton reads book blogs

Canadian Connections

Bookmarks: Mamet directs Anne Frank, Anna Porter visits the Y, and more

To Kill a Mockingbird yanked at Brampton high school

Screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin

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