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Cough up some dough, Campbell!

D.C. Reid, a past president of both the Federation of B.C. Writers and the League of Canadian Poets, has taken B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell “ and, by extension, the province's librarians and publishers “ to ... Read More »

September 29, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Michael Geist’s covert ties to Amazon

By Stuart Woods

[This post has been updated] The debate surrounding Amazon's planned Canadian expansion has produced many arguments both for (the editorial boards at The Globe and Mail and National Post) and against (the Canadian Booksellers Association, ... Read More »

March 18, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Opinion

Daily book biz round-up, March 18

By Scott MacDonald

What's the buzz? What's a happenin'? Here's what's a happenin': Having had its butt kicked by the major publishers, Amazon starts beating up on the weaker kids Harper government flip-flops on funding for Internet access ... Read More »

March 18, 2010 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

What is Kobo?

By Stuart Woods

Remember that rumour from this past summer that Indigo was planning to unveil a dedicated e-reading device? Well, some intrigue at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office is reviving such speculation. Yesterday, blogger Mark Bertils noted ... Read More »

December 11, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Amazon doesn’t want to get physical

By Steven W. Beattie

Rumours that Amazon U.K. might be considering opening bricks-and-mortar stores have been greatly exaggerated, according to an Amazon spokesperson. Over the weekend, the Sunday Times published an article suggesting Amazon was "planning a surprise invasion ... Read More »

December 7, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Michael Turner massages the medium

By Alison Potstra

In an interview this morning with Brian Joseph Davis at The Globe and Mail's In Other Words blog, innovative author Michael Turner offers a fresh, if not slightly perplexing, perspective on a writer's relationship with ... Read More »

October 29, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

E-love you forever: website will read bedtime stories to your kids

By Nathan Whitlock

From Your Local Guardian: Hardworking fathers can still read their children a bedtime story in their absence, thanks to a new invention by a Kingston father-of-two. Chris Coombs, 44, has come up with a personalised ... Read More »

July 13, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Widget allows book clubs to occur anywhere on the Web

By Suzanne Gardner

The Book Oven blog has brought to our attention a unique social networking site called BookGlutton that seeks to provide users with a new way to read online. According to the website, the application allows ... Read More »

May 7, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Yet more developments in the Google Book Search settlement

By Eric Emin Wood

In response to the rallying opposition to the Google Book Search settlement, a federal judge in New York has extended the opt-out deadline, giving authors an additional four months to consider Google's terms. As if that weren't enough, the ... Read More »

April 29, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

The IMDB of publishing?