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Daily book biz round-up, March 19

One last news round-up before the weekend: Amazon plays hardball with Simon & Schuster, Penguin, HarperCollins, and Hachette Amazon unveils Kindle for Mac. (Meanwhile, cats and dogs form truce, start working together to overthrow humans.) ... Read More »

March 19, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up, Mar. 10

By Scott MacDonald

Here's what's making news around the Web today: The New York Times Book Review? There's going to be an app for that Could Google put translators out of business? A portrait of the reader as ... Read More »

March 10, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Eye Weekly launches new book club

By Steven W. Beattie

When Oprah announced last November that she is calling it quits in 2011, publishers blessed by the mojo of the daytime television doyenne's eponymous book club started biting their collective nails, wondering where they would ... Read More »

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

David Davidar named CEO of Penguin International

By Stuart Woods

Penguin Canada publisher and president David Davidar has been named CEO of Penguin International, a new division aimed at growing business in emerging markets around the world. In his new role, Davidar joins the heads ... Read More »

October 15, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Echlin, Michaels among Giller picks

By Scott MacDonald

The Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist was announced this morning, and it included a mix of "sure bets" and surprise nods. The biggest surprise, however, was the omission of Margaret Atwood's The Year of the Flood ... Read More »

October 6, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Penguin wants to suck your blood

By Scott MacDonald

Q&Q received a press release this morning outlining some of Penguin Canada's promotional plans for the new Bram Stoker family-endorsed Dracula sequel, Dracula: The Un-Dead, and one line in particular caught our attention: Through our ... Read More »

August 7, 2009 | Filed under: Events

Britain’s authors got talent

By Eric Emin Wood

The Penguin U.K. blog spotlights Novel Pitch, a live (but non-televised) competition similar to Britain's Got Talent, but with authors. Hamish Hamilton editor Juliette Mitchell writes: I was one of a panel of five, and our task ... Read More »

May 1, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Who cares about publishers’ imprints? (Answer: the publishers!)

By Eric Emin Wood

Over at the Penguin blog, Helen Conford, head of the U.K. division's new Particular Books imprint, presents an odd argument: she begins by acknowledging that few readers care about imprints, explains why publishers do, then ... Read More »

April 22, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: historical vampires, Nabokov’s last work, and forgotten Pulitzers

By Eric Emin Wood

Sundry links from around the Web: The New York Times looks at established authors who write well into old age. The co-author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies announces his next book: Abraham Lincoln, vampire hunter. ... Read More »

April 20, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: inauguration edition

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Taken from Fellow Citizens: The Penguin Book of U.S. Presidential Inaugural Addresses, test your knowledge of the final words of former presidents' inaugural speeches (Jacket Copy) Barack Obama will take the oath of office on ... Read More »

January 20, 2009 | Filed under: Authors, Book links

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Search Results by tag: Penguin

Daily book biz round-up, March 19

Daily book biz round-up, Mar. 10

Eye Weekly launches new book club

David Davidar named CEO of Penguin International

Echlin, Michaels among Giller picks

Penguin wants to suck your blood

Britain’s authors got talent

Who cares about publishers’ imprints? (Answer: the publishers!)

Bookmarks: historical vampires, Nabokov’s last work, and forgotten Pulitzers

Bookmarks: inauguration edition

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