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Daily book biz round-up: Yann Martel needs saving; Chuck Palahniuk takes beating; and more

The wheels of the news bus go 'round and 'round: Yann Martel's U.S. publishers beg indie booksellers to save them Octopus Books USA to close "I Am Chuck Palahniuk's New Novel" (or, "Palahniuk Takes a ... Read More »

May 6, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Event photos: K.V. Johansen in Macedonia, Ian McEwan in Toronto, and Watch This Space at the Wychwood Barns

By Nathan Whitlock

Canadian YA fantasy writer K.V. Johansen was recently a guest of the 22nd International Book Fair held in Skopje, Macedonia. Over a period of three days, beginning April 12, Johansen launched the Macedonian translation of ... Read More »

April 29, 2010 | Filed under: Events

Daily book biz round-up: U.K. flight ban ends, Amazon sues North Carolina, and more

By Scott MacDonald

Book news bits & bites: U.K. flight ban ends just as London Book Fair comes to close LBF no-shows likely to make up for lost ground at Frankfurt Book Fair London panel examines the digital ... Read More »

April 21, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Daily book biz round-up, April 9

By Scott MacDonald

Some links to wind up the week: Oprah may bring books back iBooks come to iPhone Is the Library of America running out of writers? iPad now one step closer to heaven Newly discovered: Kipling's ... Read More »

April 9, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up, March 25

By Scott MacDonald

Here's today's book news: Publishers Weekly takes temperature of Bologna Children's Book Fair Will Random House ever be on the iPad? More conjecture on Apple's book pricing plans Newbery-winner Sid Fleischman dies Harold W. McGraw ... Read More »

March 25, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

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

Vancouver librarians told to cover up non-Olympic logos

By Scott MacDonald

According to CTV, librarians in Vancouver have been warned by city officials to use only approved Olympic sponsors in any Games-themed events they host next month, and to conceal the logos of any non-Olympic companies ... Read More »

January 13, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Bookmarks: New app from LibraryThing, voice acting by Stephen King, and more

By Laura Godfrey

A few bookish links from across the Web: Book-loving travellers, breathe a sigh of relief: Transport Canada explains that the whole airplane book ban was just a misunderstanding Hundreds of readers offer words of support ... Read More »

January 7, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Events

The Baby-Sitters Club returns

By Laura Godfrey

Plenty of young women who grew up in the 1980s and '90s still fondly remember The Baby-Sitters Club, the book series that motivated many childhood trips to the library. Ten years after the series ceased ... Read More »

January 6, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Britain’s phone booth library, Herta MÃ¼ller’s “psychosis,” and the Bad Sex in Fiction Award winner

By Alison Potstra

Some sundry links from across the Web: Resourceful idea of the week: British village transforms traditional red phone booth into local library Coming soon to a theatre near you: the book trailer for Quirk Classics' ... Read More »

December 1, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: library

Daily book biz round-up: Yann Martel needs saving; Chuck Palahniuk takes beating; and more

Event photos: K.V. Johansen in Macedonia, Ian McEwan in Toronto, and Watch This Space at the Wychwood Barns

Daily book biz round-up: U.K. flight ban ends, Amazon sues North Carolina, and more

Daily book biz round-up, April 9

Daily book biz round-up, March 25

Daily book biz round-up, March 18

Vancouver librarians told to cover up non-Olympic logos

Bookmarks: New app from LibraryThing, voice acting by Stephen King, and more

The Baby-Sitters Club returns

Bookmarks: Britain’s phone booth library, Herta MÃ¼ller’s “psychosis,” and the Bad Sex in Fiction Award winner

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