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Event photos: The 2007 Children's Gala

The Canadian Children's Book Centre held its annual Children's Gala at Montana in downtown Toronto on Saturday afternoon. The gala is always one of the most highly anticipated and best-attended parties held during BookExpo, and ... Read More »

June 9, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Event photos: Devices & Desires

By Q&Q Staff

Photographer Stephanie Fysh added a number of excellent photos from Friday's Devices & Desires forums to our Flickr pool. To view the complete set of images, click here. (Don’t forget to send us your BEC ... Read More »

June 9, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Mixed results for BOOKED! events

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The inaugural BOOKED! fest is now less than a day from completion, and results have been mixed. The flagship Stephen King event went off well, and some readings drew solid numbers, including Kenneth Oppel's on ... Read More »

June 9, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

BookExpo Booth setup pics

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Take a tour of the trade show floor on Saturday, as exhibitors ... Read More »

June 9, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Dirty secrets of Canadian bookselling

By Q&Q Staff

A Saturday morning seminar about the art of handselling got off to a really shaky start when it was revealed that the primary speaker – Avin Mark Domnitz, CEO of the American Booksellers Association – ... Read More »

June 9, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Heard & Overheard (Saturday miscellany)

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"People coming into the store said, 'It's so spacious and calm. It's like walking into Canada.'" – Bookseller Sarah McNally recalling customers' first impressions of her Manhattan McNally Robinson store. "It's kind of like going ... Read More »

June 9, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Gadget Watch, Part 2: Tamblyn's Sony Reader experiment

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BookNet Canada CEO Michael Tamblyn spoke at a Saturday morning seminar on "Digitization and the Future of Canadian Bookselling," which focused on e-readers. In order to assess the viability of the medium, Tamblyn himself tried ... Read More »

June 9, 2007 | Filed under: Bookselling, Events

Some random advice for publishers …

By Q&Q Staff

... gleaned from the conference programming. Encourage bloggers and readers to post excerpts from their books, covers, etc. "What if they actually start displaying this? They become the funniest free advertisers you’ve ever seen," said ... Read More »

June 9, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Heard & Overheard (BOOKED's mystery writers roundtable)

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On Saturday morning, the Canadian Crime Writers' Association put together a group of notable mystery authors to chat about "What's Hot and What's Not in Mystery" in the Speigeltent, next to Toronto's Harbourfront Centre, as ... Read More »

June 9, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Events

Gadget watch

By Q&Q Staff

At a Friday seminar, Kris Abel, CTV's resident tech expert, looked at some of the electronic-reading platforms currently on the market and forthcoming. He pointed to: Manybooks.net, which offers e-books in almost any format for ... Read More »

June 9, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized

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Event photos: The 2007 Children's Gala

Event photos: Devices & Desires

Mixed results for BOOKED! events

BookExpo Booth setup pics

Dirty secrets of Canadian bookselling

Heard & Overheard (Saturday miscellany)

Gadget Watch, Part 2: Tamblyn's Sony Reader experiment

Some random advice for publishers …

Heard & Overheard (BOOKED's mystery writers roundtable)

Gadget watch

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