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What’s red and blue and read all over?

For all you American political junkies out there: Amazon.com has used its book sales data to create a nifty election-year map of the U.S., where they show which states are buying more "red" books, and ... Read More »

September 17, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Parsing Babar

By Scott MacDonald

New Yorker scribe Adam Gopnick has penned a nice, lengthy essay about the continuing controversy surrounding Babar, the titular hero of the popular children's book series. As Gopnick explains, people like the Chilean author Ariel ... Read More »

September 17, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

British lit prizes, reading habits, and more

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

The shortlist for the Dylan Thomas Prize has been announced, and six young writers are in line to win the £60,000 (approximately $114,000 CAD) prize. The global award, given biennially, was established to promote writing ... Read More »

September 16, 2008 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

No happy ending for publishing?

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

New York magazine's feature by Boris Kachka about the current state of the book business lays things out like a fractured fairy tale, more Alice in Wonderland or Bluebeard than Cinderella, and rife with poisoned ... Read More »

September 16, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

American novelist David Foster Wallace dead at age 46

By Steven W. Beattie

Some sad news from over the weekend: David Foster Wallace, whose mammoth, 1,079-page novel Infinite Jest was included in Time magazine's list of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923-2005, was found dead of an ... Read More »

September 15, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

U.S. court rules print-on-demand services not liable in defamation cases

By Steven W. Beattie

A fight between two high-school cheerleaders has resulted in an American court ruling that print-on-demand services are not liable in defamation lawsuits. (Sounds like a plot twist on Gossip Girl...) The two cheerleaders, Ms. Calcagni ... Read More »

September 15, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

A new e-book reader hits the scene

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

There appears to be a new competitor on the e-book scene. Plastic Logic -- a company that builds electronics on plastic substrate - announced a prototype of their own e-book reader this week at a ... Read More »

September 12, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

A barrage of books for Obama

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Last week, author Ayelet Waldman sent a casual e-mail to five of her friends, asking them to donate books for a fundraiser for Barack Obama. Within seven days, she'd received hundreds of books, including some ... Read More »

September 12, 2008 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Ontario’s new textbook grant

By Scott MacDonald

Earlier this year, the Ontario government revealed plans to help university students shoulder the increasing costs of textbooks, but no specific initiatives were announced. Last Wednesday, however, word finally arrived about a new "Textbook and ... Read More »

September 12, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Don’t steal this textbook “ download it

By Stuart Woods

The Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam rails against the U.S. textbook industry, arguing that students who use illegal download sites like Textbook Torrents and thepiratebay.org are partly justified in doing so: As a writer, how ... Read More »

September 10, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

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What’s red and blue and read all over?

Parsing Babar

British lit prizes, reading habits, and more

No happy ending for publishing?

American novelist David Foster Wallace dead at age 46

U.S. court rules print-on-demand services not liable in defamation cases

A new e-book reader hits the scene

A barrage of books for Obama

Ontario’s new textbook grant

Don’t steal this textbook “ download it

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