On Saturday morning, the Canadian Crime Writers' Association put together a group of notable mystery authors to chat about "What's Hot and What's Not in Mystery" in the Speigeltent, next to Toronto's Harbourfront Centre, as ... Read More »
At a Friday seminar, Kris Abel, CTV's resident tech expert, looked at some of the electronic-reading platforms currently on the market and forthcoming. He pointed to: Manybooks.net, which offers e-books in almost any format for ... Read More »
June 9, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized
It was a lovefest at the showcase BOOKED! event, the Stephen King tribute on Friday evening. The 1,300-seat John Bassett Theatre looked to be at least two-thirds full, and the crowd response started at "wild" ... Read More »
June 9, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized
"I feel like the representative of the accounting firm at the Academy Awards." – CBA president Steve Budnarchuk after taking the stage at the King event. "It's like being dead and going to your own ... Read More »
June 9, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized
It was a familiar pattern on Friday morning at the "Devices & Desires" conference: some very broad-brush warnings about the need to keep up with the way the Internet is changing everything, followed by some ... Read More »
June 9, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized
There was some more last-minute revising at the children's BOOKED! events on Friday. Author Frieda Wishinsky was scheduled to read to kids in Grades 2 and 3 at Fort York on Friday morning, but was ... Read More »
June 9, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized
Author Michael Winter, getting stuck while describing Jack Award winner Richard Bachmann's A Different Drummer bookstore: "Is there still a cat?" Richard Bachmann, on receiving the award, a hefty, metal jack: "Where's the ball?" On ... Read More »
A small family reunion would make the second floor of Toronto's Czehoski restaurant on Queen Street West feel a little cramped. With dozens of bookselling and publishing industry friends and well-wishers present to see A ... Read More »
June 8, 2007 | Filed under: Awards, Events, Industry news
Some of the traits of "the 21st century book," as projected by Wikinomics co-author Anthony Williams in his Devices & Desires presentation. Digital and accessible via many devices. Searchable by words, images, sounds, etc. Multimedia ... Read More »
June 8, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized
Environics senior researcher Amy Langstaff pre-polled a sample of conference attendees and presented some of her findings ... Read More »
June 8, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized
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