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It came from the slush pile

In this essay (which also appeared in Paste magazine), blogger Nick Zaino chronicles his days working for a "book doctoring" company in Buffalo – "editing and critiquing the work of hopeful authors with money to ... Read More »

August 16, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Wieseltier vs. New Yorker, Part Deux

By Leigh Anne Williams

The New York Observer has more on literary critic James Wood's defection from The New Republic to The New Yorker. The angle: will Wood have to tone down his hard-hitting approach to criticism, since The ... Read More »

August 16, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks – Poe mystery solved, and more

By Leigh Anne Williams

You know that mysterious figure who visited Edgar Allan Poe's grave every year? Nevermore. And it turns out it was all a publicity stunt cooked up by the guy "who led the fight to preserve ... Read More »

August 16, 2007 | Filed under: Book links

What was that about a job?

By Q&Q jobs

This week on Q&Q's Job Board: Publicist - Meisner Publicity (Toronto, ON) Publisher Technical Sales Executive - R.R. Bowker, LLC (Metro-Toronto) Sales Manager (Bilingual) - Lobster Press (Montreal, Quebec) Marketing Associate – part time position ... Read More »

August 15, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

In the September Q&Q

By Leigh Anne Williams

Step right up, folks, the September 2007 issue of Quill & Quire is out now. It features a cover profile of author Elizabeth Hay, whose new novel is set in a Yellowknife CBC station in ... Read More »

August 15, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Threatened Bangladeshi author now faces charges

By Nathan Whitlock

Bangladeshi writer Talisma Nasrin, who had to be protected from physical attacks at her book launch in Hyderabad in south India last week, is now facing charges of inciting religious tensions, The Guardian reports. Nasrin, ... Read More »

August 15, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Harper appoints new Heritage minister

By Nathan Whitlock

Yesterday's cabinet shuffle in Stephen Harper's government included moving Josee Verner into Bev Oda's position as minister of Canadian Heritage. Verner, who was first elected in the Quebec City riding of Louis-Saint-Laurent in 2006, was ... Read More »

August 15, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Market research disguised as education

By Leigh Anne Williams

The blog Two Umbrellas points to an eyebrow-raising scheme: a continuing education course at Temple University in Philadelphia entitled "A Sneak Peek at Tomorrow's Bestsellers." According to the course description: Every fall publishers introduce and ... Read More »

August 9, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

A stamp of disapproval for M&S

By Leigh Anne Williams

Every publisher gets a little bad press now and then; it's part of the game. But rarely does it come from the stamp-collecting media. McClelland & Stewart, though, has gotten some unflattering attention from Canadian ... Read More »

August 9, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Jobs jobs, everywhere jobs

By Q&Q jobs

This week on Q&Q's Job Board: Sales Manager (Bilingual) - Lobster Press (Montreal, Quebec) Marketing Associate – part time position - Simon & Schuster (Toronto, ON) Editor, Higher Education Division - Oxford University Press Canada ... Read More »

August 8, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

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