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Co-operation makes it happen

The current issue of Fast Company magazine reports the story of Berrett-Koehler, a press with an innovative approach to publishing. Based in San Francisco, the 13-year-old publishing house operates on the principle of collaboration. In ... Read More »

December 1, 2005 | 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

Books vs. readers

By Scott MacDonald

Kevin Larimer writes in the online edition of Poets & Writers magazine of a surprising preference that appears to be held among poets. As part of an informal poll, Joseph Bednarik, marketing director of the ... Read More »

November 9, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Experimental fiction in Canada: the great non-debate

By Leigh Anne Williams

In his latest Globe and Mail column, author (and recent Governor General's Award fiction juror) Russell Smith looks at Ben Marcus's attack on Jonathan Franzen in the most recent issue of Harper's. (Franzen has questioned ... Read More »

October 20, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Bodice-ripping for the charitable

By Scott MacDonald

Presented each year by Harlequin Enterprises to five lucky ladies, the More Than Words Award celebrates community spirit in conventional and not-so-conventional ways. Now in its second year, More Than Words is awarded to founders ... Read More »

September 26, 2005 | Filed under: Book news

Greasing the hype machine

By Scott MacDonald

A hot topic of conversation in the online literary community is the commercial success of The Traveler, an ambiguously fictional first novel written by the strangely pseudonymed John Twelve Hawks. Climbing the New York Times ... Read More »

September 12, 2005 | Filed under: Book news

Nodding off to Canadian fiction

By Leigh Anne Williams

For those with access to the Globe and Mail's inside edition, a column by Russell Smith discusses the author's aversion to Canadian historical fiction. Contemplating why he has trouble taking on these dense but theoretically ... Read More »

August 26, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Penguin U.K. snubs Achebe and Baldwin in reprint line

By Leigh Anne Williams

Penguin in the U.K. has encountered some controversy over a reprint campaign tied into its 70th anniversary. The firm is reprinting 70 "Pocket Penguins" (short backlist and current titles) and The Guardian notes that only ... Read More »

May 24, 2005 | Filed under: Book news

The empire strikes back

By Leigh Anne Williams

In case you missed it, Apple Computer has pulled all John Wiley & Sons titles from its 104 retail stores, apparently in an effort to remind the media that any public comment about the company ... Read More »

May 1, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

New York state of mind

By Leigh Anne Williams

The Toronto Star checks in on McNally Robinson New York, and finds that manager Sarah McNally is displaying such books as Annabel Lyon's The Best Thing for You and Richard B. Wright's Clara Callan, and ... Read More »

February 28, 2005 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

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Search Results by tag: marketing

Co-operation makes it happen

The ultimate product placement shot

Books vs. readers

Experimental fiction in Canada: the great non-debate

Bodice-ripping for the charitable

Greasing the hype machine

Nodding off to Canadian fiction

Penguin U.K. snubs Achebe and Baldwin in reprint line

The empire strikes back

New York state of mind

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