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Bookmarks: Lahiri vs. Gallant, Calvin and Hobbes, Elizabeth Gilbert, and more

Some bookish links: The National Post reports on Jhumpa Lahiri's 53-page interview with Mavis Gallant in the summer 2009 issue of Granta, a back-and-forth battle in which Lahiri constantly works to make her presence felt, ... Read More »

July 7, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Indigo deals with the digital revolution

By Steven W. Beattie

Information wants to be free, or so the popular bromide has it. Heather Reisman, CEO and "chief booklover" of Indigo Books & Music, has another formula: "All content wants to be digital." According to an ... Read More »

June 29, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Deals

Proofreading the public domain

By Stuart Woods

At last month's BookNet Canada technology forum, one memorable moment came during a talk by Montrealer Hugh McGuire, one of the co-organizers of BookCamp Toronto and the founder of LibriVox, an online repository of free, ... Read More »

April 3, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Arrr! J.K. Rowling and John Grisham fall victim to pirates

By Steven W. Beattie

Two of the planet's bestselling authors, J.K. "I'll kick Stephenie Meyer's ass" Rowling and John Grisham, are among several authors whose books have apparently been illegally uploaded to a San Francisco-based website that promotes itself ... Read More »

March 30, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Shining the spotlight on reviewing

By Steven W. Beattie

For as long as there have been books there have (presumably) been book reviews. For as long as there has been an Internet, there have been amateur book reviewers. How does the practice of reviewing ... Read More »

March 23, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Notes from BNC’s tech forum

By Stuart Woods

About 225 industry people crowded into a Toronto conference room on Thursday for BookNet Canada's annual technology forum. The theme of this year's conference was evolution or revolution, though most of the speakers seemed to ... Read More »

March 13, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Author makes Christmas trek to Ottawa to deliver book

By Steven W. Beattie

How far should an author go in response to a negative review? When Dan Fleisch, an author from Springfield, Ohio, read an Amazon review of his book, A Student's Guide to Maxwell's Equation, which gave ... Read More »

February 9, 2009 | Filed under: Authors

More books on phones

By Stuart Woods

Remember when cell phones were considered to be solely the accoutrements of inveterate workaholics? Well, people with eyes glued to their iPhones “ and other mobile devices “ now have a culturally legitimate excuse, with ... Read More »

February 6, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Year-end book sales up in 2008, according to BookNet Canada report

By Stuart Woods

Despite bad winter weather and an even bleaker economic climate, Canadian book sales were up by 6% in the last three months of 2008, according to a report released today by BookNet Canada. But according ... Read More »

January 19, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: More on IFOA, Payback, and the limitations of big-box bookstores

By Stuart Woods

Margaret Atwood talks to Salon about her well-timed meditation on debt, Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth Are Canadian authors' festivals the greatest? More gripes about those nasty chain bookstores Reed Elsevier beginning ... Read More »

October 29, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

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Search Results by tag: books

Bookmarks: Lahiri vs. Gallant, Calvin and Hobbes, Elizabeth Gilbert, and more

Indigo deals with the digital revolution

Proofreading the public domain

Arrr! J.K. Rowling and John Grisham fall victim to pirates

Shining the spotlight on reviewing

Notes from BNC’s tech forum

Author makes Christmas trek to Ottawa to deliver book

More books on phones

Year-end book sales up in 2008, according to BookNet Canada report

Bookmarks: More on IFOA, Payback, and the limitations of big-box bookstores

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