Sci-fi author and futurist Sir Arthur C. Clarke has died at the age of 90 at his home in Sri Lanka. Author of more than 100 books, of which 2001: A Space Odyssey is the ... Read More »
March 19, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
Penguin has just launched We Tell Stories, a series of online digital fiction, in collaboration with alternate reality game designers Six to Start. They've asked six authors to try to harness the capabilities of the ... Read More »
March 18, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
Penguin is now offering free downloads of the first chapter of many of its new releases, including titles such as Marina Lewycka's Two Caravans and Janet Evanovich's Plum Lovin'. Colin Brush, senior copywriter at Penguin, ... Read More »
March 18, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
Most people understand there is an occupational hazard implicit in knowing/meeting/befriending/being related to/marrying a fiction writer. There is always the risk of ending up a character in that writer's work, and nine times out of ... Read More »
March 17, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
Some book-related links: Barnes & Noble catches fire, headline writer gets chance to make literary reference (Wood TV) Novelist strike fizzles (The Onion) Forget fake memoirs “ are books ever true? (The New Yorker) Five ... Read More »
March 17, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news
One of the most famous and beloved libraries in the world “ the New York Public Library, with the famous lion statues standing guard out front “ is getting a new name: The Stephen A. ... Read More »
While the Canadian publishing industry is taking a wait-and-see attitude toward e-books, the U.K. industry seems to be chomping at the bit to get on board. According to The Bookseller, two of the U.K.'s biggest ... Read More »
March 14, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling
From The Los Angeles Times: Warner Bros. Pictures and the producers behind the $4.5-billion film franchise featuring the beloved boy wizard will split the seventh and final novel in the J.K. Rowling series into two ... Read More »
March 13, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news
Who says booksellers are the last guardians of good taste in an ever-more tawdry world? From AbeBooks: Welcome to the Hooker Prize “ in honor of Elliot Spitzer and his fall from grace in a ... Read More »
March 13, 2008 | Filed under: Awards
This week on Q&Q's Job Board: Bibliographic Manager - BookNet Canada (Toronto, ON) Administrative Assistant - Raincoast Books (Vancouver, BC) General Books Manager - McGill University Bookstore (Montreal, QC) Permission Liaison - Access Copyright (Toronto, ... Read More »
March 12, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news
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