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Two Canadian novels on Richard & Judy’s list for 2009

It's not quite Oprah, but in the U.K. it's the closest thing there is. Television celebrities Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan are the hosts of Britain's wildly popular Richard and Judy's Book Club, and this ... Read More »

January 5, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

2008 by the numbers

By Steven W. Beattie

The world may be in the grip of a global recession, but that hasn't stopped some people from spending profligate amounts online for individual books. According to AbeBooks.com's list of most expensive books sold in ... Read More »

January 5, 2009 | Filed under: Bookselling

Bookmarks: hybrid readers, seasonal reading, and more

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

James Frey was an intern for a day at Gawker.com. Readers were invited to post questions for him -- Oprah jokes and inquiries about his fact-checking process ensued What's your seasonal reading pattern? Molly Flatt ... Read More »

December 12, 2008 | Filed under: Authors, Book links

Break up with your book club

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

What happens when a book club's members are mismatched - when the majority wants pop-lit and Oprah's picks versus the classics, or when one member is found without an anecdote to contribute to a conversation ... Read More »

December 9, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

An uncertain holiday season for the book industry

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

The holiday season is upon us, with Christmas six weeks (count 'em, folks) away, and Motoko Rich writes in The New York Times that U.S. booksellers and publishers are bracing for a difficult quarter: Leonard ... Read More »

November 11, 2008 | Filed under: Deals, Industry news

Oprah’s love affair with the Amazon Kindle

By Steven W. Beattie

The de facto Queen of All Media has gone digital. Last week, Amazon's Kindle e-reader got a powerful celebrity endorsement from Oprah Winfrey, who declared that the gadget is "absolutely [her] new favorite thing in ... Read More »

October 27, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

David Sedaris: survivor

By Scott MacDonald

A new collection of David Sedaris essays “ entitled When You Are Engulfed in Flames “ comes out next week, and Entertainment Weekly has used the opportunity to check in with the humorist and to ... Read More »

May 30, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

One last time ’round with James Frey

By Nathan Whitlock

Vanity Fair has an interview with A Million Little Pieces author James Frey “ his first major one since his notorious appearance on Oprah's show in 2006, and his last for a while, at least ... Read More »

April 30, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

Ursula K. Le Guin on the “crass stupidity” of corporations

By Stuart Woods

Noted sci-fi author Ursula K. Le Guin weighs in on what she calls the "alleged decline of reading" in a feature essay in the February issue of Harper's. The article begins with a predictable litany ... Read More »

January 15, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Hearst magazines go with Canada-only prices

By Stuart Woods

In a story that's near and dear to our hearts here at Quillblog, The Toronto Star is reporting that Hearst Magazines “ which publishes Cosmopolitan, Oprah Magazine, Seventeen, Good Housekeeping, Popular Mechanics and Esquire “ ... Read More »

December 18, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

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Search Results by tag: Oprah

Two Canadian novels on Richard & Judy’s list for 2009

2008 by the numbers

Bookmarks: hybrid readers, seasonal reading, and more

Break up with your book club

An uncertain holiday season for the book industry

Oprah’s love affair with the Amazon Kindle

David Sedaris: survivor

One last time ’round with James Frey

Ursula K. Le Guin on the “crass stupidity” of corporations

Hearst magazines go with Canada-only prices

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