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Lit on the radio

Geography of Hope author Chris Turner has recounted, on the Random House Canada blog, a humbling moment from his recent book tour. It was the morning after his official book launch, when he hauled his ... Read More »

November 30, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Love your job

By Q&Q jobs

This week on Q&Q's Job Board: Sales/Publicity & Administrative Assistant - Douglas & McIntyre Ltd. (Toronto, ON.) News Editor - Quill & Quire (Toronto, ON) Senior Publicist - Simon & Schuster Canada (Markham, ON) Print ... Read More »

November 28, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

James Wolcott’s 1991 Oedipal woes over Mailer

By Nathan Whitlock

Vanity Fair has unearthed a 1991 television special made by American Psycho director Mary Harron and starring VF culture columnist James Wolcott, in which Wolcott gives his take on both Norman Mailer and his then-current ... Read More »

November 28, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Amazon wins privacy battle

By Nathan Whitlock

From the Associated Press: Federal prosecutors have withdrawn a subpoena seeking the identities of thousands of people who bought used books through online retailer Amazon.com Inc., newly unsealed court records show. The withdrawal came after ... Read More »

November 28, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

U.K. publishers go green, sort of

By Stuart Woods

In response to the latest International Panel on Climate Change report, the most alarming to date, a British environmental organization and publishing industry mouthpiece is promising "a 10% reduction in carbon footprint from 2006 levels ... Read More »

November 27, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Reading outside of the book

By Stuart Woods

Despite its klunky design and prohibitive cost, the Kindle ebook reader is the beginning of the end of publishing as we know it, according to Guardian blogger and budding futurist Rob Woodard. Not only that, ... Read More »

November 27, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

This just in: indie presses important

By Nathan Whitlock

Despite the eternal precariousness of indie press life, that they often punch way above their weight in sales, award nominations, and critical recognition is an accepted fact in Canada. Not so in the U.K., where ... Read More »

November 26, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Pullman pulled in Peterborough

By Nathan Whitlock

Philip Pullman keeps running afoul of Ontario school boards. In what is looking like the most effective publicity campaign ignorance can buy, Pullman's The Golden Compass has been pulled from the shelves of school libraries ... Read More »

November 26, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news, Libraries

Bookmarks – Russians not reading, Grass sues, movies get made from poems, and more

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Russians aren't reading enough, either (Sunday Herald) Gunter Grass sues his publisher (Guardian Unlimited) Coming soon: Eunoia II: A New Vowel “ movies based on poems (The Boston Globe) Nick Hornby wants ... Read More »

November 26, 2007 | Filed under: Book links

Best of 2007 for the under-five set

By Scott MacDonald

And just in time for the Christmas shopping season, the Toronto Public Library has announced its inaugural "First & Best" booklist, which is a list of the top 10 books of 2007 for children under ... Read More »

November 23, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

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