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Self Publishing 2.0

Who needs agents or publishers to market your novel when you can do it all yourself? Canadian author and book designer Andrew Smith, whose previous works have been published by Ten Speed Press and McClelland ... Read More »

October 6, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news

Philip K. Dick’s widow revives his final novel

By Scott MacDonald

According to The New York Times, the widow of sci-fi author Philip K. Dick has reworked his last, unfinished novel, The Owl in Daylight, and is self-releasing it through a print-on-demand publishing service. Tessa Dick, ... Read More »

February 18, 2009 | Filed under: Authors, Book news

Bookmarks: J.K. Rowling’s latest tome

By Stuart Woods

Beedlemania: J.K. Rowling's first post-Potter title hits stores. (The Guardian's Alison Flood live blogs it here) Sam Leith, the venerable literary editor at The Telegraph, is informed of his redundancy Just add water? Viking unleashes ... Read More »

December 5, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks: International booklists, textual absurdity, and more

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Over at The Guardian, Rawi Hage's De Niro's Game, Joseph Boyden's Through Black Spruce, and Alice Munro's short-story collection Carried Away, were mentioned as some of the best books of 2008. Publishing big-wigs have had ... Read More »

December 2, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks: Batman RIP, the cost of discounting books, and more

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

POW! Holy shock value, Batman! The Caped Crusader is set to be killed off after 70 years in Batman RIP, according to the comic's writers. Paper Tiger's Sam Leith discusses The Guardian looks at the ... Read More »

November 25, 2008 | Filed under: Authors, Book links

Bookmarks: cover design, Dave Gibbons, the U.S. election, and more

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

The Book Design Review shows us two cover treatments for Margaret Atwood's Payback The Giller Light Bash is for the "young and hip" New York Magazine chats with Dave Gibbons about Watching the Watchmen, working ... Read More »

November 4, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Two takes on censorship

By Stuart Woods

Responding to complaints by a Muslim creationist that its contents were defamatory and blasphemous, a Turkish court has banned Internet users from viewing Richard Dawkins' website. Meanwhile, here in North America, Scholastic has pulled all ... Read More »

September 19, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Dying is easy, launching a small press is hard

By Stuart Woods

Editor and author John Warner has a lengthy post on Maud Newton's blog about the non-success of his fledgling publishing enterprise, TOW Books, a humour imprint that was supposed to make him the Judd Apatow ... Read More »

September 10, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news, Opinion

A new genre of libraries

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

In an effort to attract younger patrons, a compact, pop culture-oriented library - complete with an adjoining coffee shop and video-game stations - is set to open this fall is Langford, B.C. From Shannon Moneo's ... Read More »

September 9, 2008 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

The author and the book designer “ BFF?

By Sara Forsyth

New York Times columnist Steven Heller recently profiled three author/designer teams who've had the rare opportunity to work with each other for over a decade. Heller's examples of "enduring chemistry" are Philip Roth and Milton ... Read More »

August 12, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

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Search Results by tag: design

Self Publishing 2.0

Philip K. Dick’s widow revives his final novel

Bookmarks: J.K. Rowling’s latest tome

Bookmarks: International booklists, textual absurdity, and more

Bookmarks: Batman RIP, the cost of discounting books, and more

Bookmarks: cover design, Dave Gibbons, the U.S. election, and more

Two takes on censorship

Dying is easy, launching a small press is hard

A new genre of libraries

The author and the book designer “ BFF?

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