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Talk books, knock boots

Over at The Tyee, Shannon Rupp has posted a lengthy response to a recent New York Times piece about bibliophiles judging potential mates by their reading material. Using a booklist to divine a man's character ... Read More »

April 11, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Event Photos: Ibi Kaslik, Abigail Carter, and other successful Canadians

By Nathan Whitlock

Here are some photos from recent book events: Montreal author Ibi Kaslik launched her rock-themed second novel, The Angel Riots (Penguin Canada), at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto on April 1. The event was presented ... Read More »

April 10, 2008 | Filed under: Events

Coveting thy neighbour’s sales

By Jacob Sheen

According to Ben Kaplan of the National Post, the Canadian publishing industry is crazed with envy, obsessively checking up on their rivals' deals and sales numbers: Resentment among authors has been around since the first ... Read More »

April 8, 2008 | Filed under: Book news, Deals

DK goes green

By Jacob Sheen

As part of the U.K. publishing industry's eco-kick, Dorling Kindersley has released a series of green books “ greener than all those that have come before. The four new titles are printed using non-toxic glue ... Read More »

April 8, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

The life and death of the thesaurus

By Nathan Whitlock

Slate has a fascinating, alluring, absorbing, beguiling, engrossing, enthralling, transfixing, and riveting essay about Peter Mark Roget and the thesaurus that bears his name: Originally published in 1852, having been compiled over the course of ... Read More »

April 7, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Amazon says deep discounts are just unfair

By Nathan Whitlock

Here's a twist: Amazon UK is angry at British publishers for “ wait for it “ applying deep online discounts to their books. From The Times: An online price war for books has broken out, ... Read More »

April 7, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

Bookmarks (negation editon): the book collector who couldn’t read, the bestselling author who doesn’t exist, and the book prize judge who quit

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: 79-year-old book collector finally learns to read (Houston Chronicle) A bestselling novel by a soap opera character (The New York Times) Lily Allen drops out of Orange Prize jury (BBC) The (Stephen) ... Read More »

April 7, 2008 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

The duelling Clancys

By Scott MacDonald

According to The Baltimore Sun, hometown hero Tom Clancy is heading to Maryland's highest court today to do battle with Wanda T. King “ formerly Wanda Clancy “ over rights to a series of books ... Read More »

April 4, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

HarperCollins U.S. to try new publishing model

By Scott MacDonald

In a move that should have people talking at the upcoming London Book Fair, HarperCollins U.S. has announced plans to launch a new-style publishing program. The man in charge is publishing veteran Robert S. Miller, ... Read More »

April 4, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

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Talk books, knock boots

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Event Photos: Ibi Kaslik, Abigail Carter, and other successful Canadians

Coveting thy neighbour’s sales

DK goes green

The life and death of the thesaurus

Amazon says deep discounts are just unfair

Bookmarks (negation editon): the book collector who couldn’t read, the bestselling author who doesn’t exist, and the book prize judge who quit

The duelling Clancys

HarperCollins U.S. to try new publishing model

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