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Ebook revenue up but sales down, according to BookNet Canada survey on digital publishing

BookNet Canada has released its fourth annual report on the state of digital publishing in Canada, surveying 50 small, mid-sized, and large Canadian publishers about their practices for ebook publishing. Here are some highlights: Despite ... Read More »

June 8, 2017 | Filed under: Book news

B.C.-based ebook app Shelfie shuts down

By Becky Robertson

Shelfie, the Vancouver-based ebook bundling app formerly known as BitLit, announced on Jan. 30 that it would be shutting down servers – rendering the app unusable – the following day. The app was based on the premise ... Read More »

February 2, 2017 | Filed under: Book news

Early praise for Kobo’s large-screened Aura ONE e-reader

By Becky Robertson

Tech review sites are already praising Kobo's newest e-reader‚ the Aura ONE‚ which it revealed at Toronto's Koerner Hall on Aug. 17. Wired suggested the new model could give "Kindle owners some serious second thoughts," ... Read More »

August 18, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Kobo lays bets on new features, readers set to debut this fall

By Steven W. Beattie

Notwithstanding the fact that, in its most recent quarterly report, Indigo Books and Music noted a decline in sales of e-readers year-over-year, Toronto-based tech company (and former Indigo property) Kobo is ready to launch a slew ... Read More »

August 28, 2013 | Filed under: Bookselling, Digital publishing and technology

Kindle devices now available in Canadian stores

By Natalie Sequeira

Canadians wanting to get their hands on a Kindle can now look closer to home. Amazon announced today that the latest generation of the popular e-reader is now available for sale on the company's ... Read More »

January 23, 2013 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

New Innisfree library serves rural Alberta population of 220

By Natalie Samson

Innisfree, Alberta, has opened its first permanent public library. The 220 residents of the rural village now have access to free DVDs, CDs, e-readers, books (about 2,600 books have been catalogued so far, with another ... Read More »

July 18, 2012 | Filed under: Libraries

Book links roundup: Saddam Hussein’s daughter seeks publisher, World e-Reading Congress happenings, and more

By Katie Gowrie

Saddam Hussein's daughter seeks publisher her for father's memoirs Print books endorsed at World e-Reading Congress Amazon shareholders meeting disturbed by tax protests Robert Pattinson to play Finnick Odair in The Hunger Games sequel Shakespeare's ... Read More »

May 25, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Book links roundup: Canadian publishers discuss the future, Sheila Heti on teen fiction, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Audio: Canadian publishing veterans discuss the industry's future Sheila Heti believes teens benefit from reading adult fiction, and vice versa Toronto Public Library employees are on strike Are multipurpose e-readers great for everything except reading? Nobel Prize winner ... Read More »

March 19, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Amazon, the iPad, and the culture of reading in an age of distraction

By Steven W. Beattie

It's like trying to cook when there are little children around. That's the assessment of one David Myers, a 53-year-old system administrator in Atlanta, regarding the experience of reading a book on the Kindle Fire. ... Read More »

March 5, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Book links roundup: Smashwords in public libraries, poets named Sue, and more

By Sue Carter

Indie ebook distributor Smashwords partners with Baker & Taylor to bring titles to Blio and public libraries Oolichan Books is looking for poets named Sue Silicon Valley entrepreneur builds "an ark" of physical books Do ... Read More »

March 5, 2012 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

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