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Is the e-book revolution half-empty or half-full?

Bad news, folks: new technology like the Kindle will enable the greedy, unruly masses to bankrupt the publishing industry as we know it. Glum futurist and TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington sounds the death knell on ... Read More »

December 4, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Martin Amis throws vinegar in old wound, opens new one

By Stuart Woods

The latest salvos in the Amis/Eagleton polemic come from the increasingly rancorous novelist himself, who penned an earnest rebuttal in Saturday's Guardian “ "No, I am not a racist," pleads the headline “ and then ... Read More »

December 4, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Not all lost books are happy to be found

By Nathan Whitlock

When lost books by well-known authors are found, it is usually an occasion for celebration. Not in the case of a non-fiction book about oil exploration written by Wallace Stegner, an award-winning novelist and creative ... Read More »

December 3, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Counting on The Globe and Mail‘s 100

By Nathan Whitlock

As it does every year, The Globe and Mail's book section published its "Globe 100" this weekend, a list of the 100 top-reviewed books of the year (with some exceptions: no anthologies were included, for ... Read More »

December 3, 2007 | Filed under: Book news, Opinion

Bookmarks – Khaled Hosseini says stay the course, A.L. Kennedy pleads for school and library funding, and more

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner, urges U.S. and allies to stay in Afghanistan (AFP) A.L. Kennedy wins Scottish book award, makes plea for school and library funding (The Scotsman) Author ... Read More »

December 3, 2007 | Filed under: Book links

Black via LongPen

By Scott MacDonald

As had been predicted, convicted fraudster Conrad Black has made use of Margaret Atwood's LongPen again, to promote his new Richard Nixon bio overseas. Lord Black, who is barred from leaving the United States as ... Read More »

November 30, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Lit on the radio

By Scott MacDonald

Geography of Hope author Chris Turner has recounted, on the Random House Canada blog, a humbling moment from his recent book tour. It was the morning after his official book launch, when he hauled his ... Read More »

November 30, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Love your job

By Q&Q jobs

This week on Q&Q's Job Board: Sales/Publicity & Administrative Assistant - Douglas & McIntyre Ltd. (Toronto, ON.) News Editor - Quill & Quire (Toronto, ON) Senior Publicist - Simon & Schuster Canada (Markham, ON) Print ... Read More »

November 28, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

James Wolcott’s 1991 Oedipal woes over Mailer

By Nathan Whitlock

Vanity Fair has unearthed a 1991 television special made by American Psycho director Mary Harron and starring VF culture columnist James Wolcott, in which Wolcott gives his take on both Norman Mailer and his then-current ... Read More »

November 28, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Amazon wins privacy battle

By Nathan Whitlock

From the Associated Press: Federal prosecutors have withdrawn a subpoena seeking the identities of thousands of people who bought used books through online retailer Amazon.com Inc., newly unsealed court records show. The withdrawal came after ... Read More »

November 28, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

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