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Q&Q wants to hear from you

Over the last few months, Q&Q has been collecting data for our upcoming industry salary survey, which will appear in our June issue. We've got a lot of facts and figures, but we'd also like ... Read More »

April 2, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

I see dead people(‘s libraries)

By Jacob Sheen

Library Thing, a social networking website for booklovers, is offering, for your browsing pleasure, the libraries of such luminaries as James Joyce, Sylvia Plath, and Adam Smith, mostly compiled from collections held by museums and ... Read More »

April 1, 2008 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Canada snags rare children’s book

By Jacob Sheen

From CBC.ca: When Canadian troops liberated western Holland from Nazi rule in May 1945, a 21-year-old Dutch artist named Mart Kempers was among the cheering throngs who greeted them. Before the year was out, Mr. ... Read More »

April 1, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Amazon demands print-on-demand exclusivity

By Nathan Whitlock

From The Wall Street Journal: Amazon.com Inc., flexing its muscles as a major book retailer, notified publishers who print books on demand that they will have to use its on-demand printing facilities if they want ... Read More »

March 31, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

Atwood of Green Gables

By Nathan Whitlock

Margaret Atwood, writing in The Guardian, offers a lengthy take on Anne of Green Gables. Aside from giving a brief intro to the book to those who haven't read it “ and those who haven't ... Read More »

March 31, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks (snobbery edition): judging someone by their books, picking the right reading wine, and more

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Judging a mate by his/her books (The New York Times) What wine goes with that book? (Stuff) Will Internet book piracy cause authors to stop writing? (Times Online) Settlement in sight for ... Read More »

March 31, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Books in stereo

By Scott MacDonald

We're not sure if this is 100% accurate, but the Fox Business website is claiming that a new book “ The Book of 'Bert': High-Class Stars with Some High-Class 'Stache “ is the first book ... Read More »

March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

The boy who would be Tintin

By Scott MacDonald

It looks as if Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson's planned series of Tintin films is one step closer to reaching fruition. According to the Guardian, a young man named Thomas Sangster has been selected to ... Read More »

March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Let the sunshine in

By Q&Q jobs

This week on Q&Q's Job Board: Contracts Manager - Westwood Creative Artists (Toronto, ON) Production Editor - Firefly Books Ltd. (Richmond Hill, ON) Bibliographic Manager - BookNet Canada (Toronto, ON) General Books Manager - McGill ... Read More »

March 26, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

The new sins of book reviewing

By Stuart Woods

In their ongoing war against cliche, the folks at Paper Cuts, the New York Times book blog, have come up with a list of the seven deadly words of book reviewing “ words that aren't ... Read More »

March 26, 2008

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