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Daily book biz round-up, April 13

The sap that floweth from the news tree: Pulitzer Prizes announced Pulitzer-winner Tinkers is the first small press title to win the award since A Confederacy of Dunces Gawker on Jay McInerney's debut as wine ... Read More »

April 13, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up, April 8

By Scott MacDonald

News for a quiet Thursday: Tom Clancy's first novel in seven years sounds kinda like The A-Team E-book sales beat audiobook sales in 2009 Simon & Schuster to publish George Carlin's letters in 2011 Yann ... Read More »

April 8, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

BookNet Canada Tech Forum round-up: pirates, pricing, and social media

By Laura Godfrey

This year's BookNet Canada Technology Forum “ or gathering of beautiful nerds, as Soft Skull Press founder Richard Nash called it “ took place on March 25 at Toronto's MaRS Centre, and involved about 200 ... Read More »

March 29, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Atwood takes home (half a) million-dollar prize

By Laura Godfrey

Margaret Atwood has won the Dan David Prize for Literature: Rendition of the 20th Century. The Canadian author will share the $1 million (U.S.) prize with Indian author Amitav Ghosh, and each winner will share ... Read More »

March 23, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

No “oral sex” in California school dictionaries

By Steven W. Beattie

The Guardian is reporting that the 10th edition of The Mirriam-Webster Dictionary has been yanked from classrooms in the Menifee Union district of California after a parent complained about a "sexually graphic" definition for the ... Read More »

January 25, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Quirk Classics reboots another masterpiece with Android Karenina

By Laura Godfrey

What better way to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Tolstoy's death than by breathing new life into one of his classic works? After the unexpected success of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, it has become ... Read More »

January 13, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Christian publisher gives Joseph Conrad a makeover

By Scott MacDonald

In order to protect the public's delicate sensibilities, conservative Netherlands-based Christian publisher WordBridge Publishing has reprinted Joseph Conrad's The Nigger of the Narcissus as The N-word of the Narcissus. According to the publisher's website, the ... Read More »

January 5, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

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

Should literary agents be afraid of Amazon?

By Stuart Woods

While Amazon is keeping quiet about the meetings it held last week with top U.S. agents, several commentators have begun to speculate about their significance. Crain's reports that the talks were "freewheeling, frank, and contentious," ... Read More »

November 12, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Harlequin tries for some online love with digital publishing venture

By Steven W. Beattie

Harlequin Enterprises, best known as a publisher of romance novels in the traditional "dead tree" format, has just launched an online publishing house, Carina Press. According to the Carina home page, the new venture will ... Read More »

November 9, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: YA

Daily book biz round-up, April 13

Daily book biz round-up, April 8

Atwood takes home (half a) million-dollar prize

No “oral sex” in California school dictionaries

Quirk Classics reboots another masterpiece with Android Karenina

Christian publisher gives Joseph Conrad a makeover

Eye Weekly launches new book club

Should literary agents be afraid of Amazon?

Harlequin tries for some online love with digital publishing venture

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