Search Results by tag: New York Times

The Gargoyle‘s “positive” reviews

Both the Winnipeg Free Press and the Vancouver Sun ran stories this week claiming that the early reviews of Andrew Davidson's uber-hyped The Gargoyle are mostly raves, but did they really read those reviews? From ... Read More »

August 8, 2008

Bookmarks: Solzhenitsyn, Kafka, Rushdie, Meyer, and more

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Russians conflicted over Solzhenitsyn's legacy (The New York Times) Apparently, Kafka liked the hot stuff (Times Online) Salman Rushdie threatens to sue over bodyguard's memoir (CNN.com) Stephenie Meyer's newest breaks sales records ... Read More »

August 5, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks: Forgery memoir was true, libraries need money, and past editors protest LATBR folding

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: A true memoir about a fraudulent life (The New York Times) Alberta libraries push for cash (Calgary Herald) Past editors of the Los Angeles Times Book Review protest folding (Editor & Publisher) ... Read More »

July 24, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news, Libraries

Bookmarks: Shakespeare, Waugh, Sedaris, Seinfeld, Bush

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Stolen Shakespeare folio recovered in U.S. (Dallas Morning News) The battle over Brideshead Revisited (Times Online) David Sedaris in Ottawa (The Ottawa Citizen) Latest round in the Seinfeld cookbook fight (The New ... Read More »

July 14, 2008 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

Bookmarks (negation editon): the book collector who couldn’t read, the bestselling author who doesn’t exist, and the book prize judge who quit

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: 79-year-old book collector finally learns to read (Houston Chronicle) A bestselling novel by a soap opera character (The New York Times) Lily Allen drops out of Orange Prize jury (BBC) The (Stephen) ... Read More »

April 7, 2008 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

HarperCollins U.S. to try new publishing model

By Scott MacDonald

In a move that should have people talking at the upcoming London Book Fair, HarperCollins U.S. has announced plans to launch a new-style publishing program. The man in charge is publishing veteran Robert S. Miller, ... Read More »

April 4, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Bookmarks (snobbery edition): judging someone by their books, picking the right reading wine, and more

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Judging a mate by his/her books (The New York Times) What wine goes with that book? (Stuff) Will Internet book piracy cause authors to stop writing? (Times Online) Settlement in sight for ... Read More »

March 31, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks: publisher goes paperless, Eminem to tell all, and Holocaust memoir debunked

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: The Hachette Book Group starts using e-books internally (New York) Eminem to "write" memoir (USA Today) Author admits Holocaust memoir was made up (The Boston Globe) Timothy Findley's Pilgrim as an opera ... Read More »

March 3, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Brooklyn one step closer to becoming centre of the universe

By Stuart Woods

Love it or hate it, Brooklyn has long been the stomping ground of young(ish), hip American writers. Now, it seems to be the preferred locale of indie publishers, too. According to New York Times reporter ... Read More »

February 21, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Bookmarks: a new Alice Munro story, a fake Robert Fisk biography of Saddam Hussein, and a complaint about pokey publishing

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: "Free Radicals," a new short story by Alice Munro (The New Yorker) Robert Fisk's bio of Saddam Hussein is selling well “ except he didn't write it (The Independent) Why does it ... Read More »

February 4, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

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Search Results by tag: New York Times

The Gargoyle‘s “positive” reviews

Bookmarks: Solzhenitsyn, Kafka, Rushdie, Meyer, and more

Bookmarks: Forgery memoir was true, libraries need money, and past editors protest LATBR folding

Bookmarks: Shakespeare, Waugh, Sedaris, Seinfeld, Bush

Bookmarks (negation editon): the book collector who couldn’t read, the bestselling author who doesn’t exist, and the book prize judge who quit

HarperCollins U.S. to try new publishing model

Bookmarks (snobbery edition): judging someone by their books, picking the right reading wine, and more

Bookmarks: publisher goes paperless, Eminem to tell all, and Holocaust memoir debunked

Brooklyn one step closer to becoming centre of the universe

Bookmarks: a new Alice Munro story, a fake Robert Fisk biography of Saddam Hussein, and a complaint about pokey publishing

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