The National Post is reporting that a settlement between the Toronto Public Library and its labour union is essentially reversing the savings from the Sunday closure of 16 of the city's libraries, announced earlier this ... Read More »
In a story that's near and dear to our hearts here at Quillblog, The Toronto Star is reporting that Hearst Magazines “ which publishes Cosmopolitan, Oprah Magazine, Seventeen, Good Housekeeping, Popular Mechanics and Esquire “ ... Read More »
December 18, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news
Q&Q's Deals page is on a holiday break, but we would be remiss if we didn't mention this deal, from The Globe and Mail's "The Biz" column: Rebecca Eckler has signed a deal for two ... Read More »
The answer is "yes," according to Bits, The New York Times's tech blog: For years it was impossible to even suggest that Amazon buy eBay because eBay's market value was three or four times that ... Read More »
December 17, 2007 | Filed under: Book news, Bookselling, Opinion
Reactions to Amazon's new e-reader generally fall into two opposing camps: on the one hand, there are those who are shocked and appalled at the very notion, while others believe a wonderful new era has ... Read More »
Some book-related links: Arthur C. Clarke makes his wish list for his 90th birthday (The Guardian) Have you heard about this LongPen thing? Some people haven't, apparently (The New York Times) Derek McCormack's fashionable Christmas ... Read More »
December 17, 2007 | Filed under: Book links
The Hollywood Reporter has announced the 13 projects chosen for the Sundance Film Festival's highly competitive January Screenwriters Lab, and among the lucky winners is Vancouver author Ryan Knighton. Knighton has fashioned his 2006 memoir ... Read More »
December 14, 2007 | Filed under: Book news
A handwritten book of fairy tales by J.K. Rowling was auctioned off for more than $4-million (Cdn) yesterday, and U.K. newspapers were full of speculation this morning as to who the deep-pocketed buyer was. As ... Read More »
December 14, 2007 | Filed under: Libraries
This week on Q&Q's Job Board: Publicist - HB Fenn & Co. Ltd. (Bolton, ON) Book Production Editor - BC Decker Inc. (Hamilton, ON) Sales Coordinator, Marketing - The University of Toronto Press (Toronto, ON) ... Read More »
December 13, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news
From The Telegraph: She wrote her first self-help book at the age of nine. Now, at the grand old age of 12, Libby Rees has completed her second. She finished At Sixes And Sevens, which ... Read More »
December 13, 2007 | Filed under: Book news
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