Search Results by tag: HarperCollins

HarperCollins gets one up on Google

The googlewatch blog is reporting today that "publishers who want to make their books searchable online" now have a non-Google option to turn to. LibreDigital, " a division of Newstand, which provides exact digital duplicates ... Read More »

August 22, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Australian publishers don't like the cut of Nobel-winner's jib

By Cassandra Drudi

Australia's only Nobel Prize-winning author must be rolling in his grave this week -- not a single major publisher or literary agent would release his stuff today, it seems. Earlier this summer, The Australian sent ... Read More »

July 18, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

HarperCollins saves this little piggy from the chopping block

By Cassandra Drudi

In this week's episode of "Meet Your Meat," HarperCollins saves a photogenic porcine pin-up from his fate at the end of an axe. Boonkinja links to an NBC story about HarperCollins' search for a fresh ... Read More »

July 12, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Book to film

By Leigh Anne Williams

In this image-obsessed age, promoting books with moving pictures is a tricky but intriguing idea, and as the CBC Arts website reminds us, a couple of Canadian players are leading the way. CBC writer Andre ... Read More »

July 4, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

MySpace folks use contests to lure memoirists

By Cassandra Drudi

MySpace, MySpace, MySpace! As if its mega-influence on society isn't already growing at a whipcrackin' pace, memoirists have now jumped on the bandwagon, and are using contests to entice their fellow writers to join their ... Read More »

June 14, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

This witty and wise piece will render you near-catatonic with delight and admiration

By Leigh Anne Williams

Over on the CBC Arts website, Andre Mayer looks at the fine art of book blurbing, and he leads off with a doozy of an example from Dave Eggers. Writing about Adverbs, a new adult ... Read More »

May 3, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

On the graphic memoir

By Scott MacDonald

The Philadelphia Inquirer recently posted an article on its website about the rise of graphic memoirs, or memoirs in comic book form. This news itself isn't so noteworthy: with numerous autobiographically inspired books like Art ... Read More »

April 19, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Ghost stories

By Leigh Anne Williams

The Guardian site has a survey of the long tradition of ghostwriting, pegged to a recent book deal for footballer Wayne Rooney, who has signed a five-book deal (!) with HarperCollins in the U.K. Hunter ... Read More »

March 23, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

The ultimate product placement shot

By Scott MacDonald

A new kids' book to hit the shelves this holiday season marks a troubling trend in literary co-productions. Published by HarperCollins with what appears to be significant input from the fine folks at Saks Fifth ... Read More »

November 15, 2005 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

Two parts sugar, three parts flour…

By Scott MacDonald

On the CBC website, Rachel Giese tells us what everyone in the Canadian book biz should already know: how to spot award-winning Canadian works of fiction. Taking a tally of 31 past winners of the ... Read More »

October 18, 2005 | Filed under: Awards, Book news, Opinion

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Search Results by tag: HarperCollins

HarperCollins gets one up on Google

Australian publishers don't like the cut of Nobel-winner's jib

HarperCollins saves this little piggy from the chopping block

Book to film

MySpace folks use contests to lure memoirists

This witty and wise piece will render you near-catatonic with delight and admiration

On the graphic memoir

Ghost stories

The ultimate product placement shot

Two parts sugar, three parts flour…

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