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BookNet bestsellers: nature

This week's bestsellers list, which looks at the nature category, includes two titles from the 2012 Charles Taylor Prize shortlist. Andrew Westoll's The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary (#20) might have been the big winner at ... Read More »

March 5, 2012 | Filed under: Bestsellers

Andrew Westoll wins the Charles Taylor Prize

By Steven W. Beattie

The $25,000 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-fiction was awarded to Andrew Westoll for his book The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary: A Canadian Story of Resilience and Recovery at a ceremony in Toronto this afternoon. ... Read More »

March 5, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Amazon, the iPad, and the culture of reading in an age of distraction

By Steven W. Beattie

It's like trying to cook when there are little children around. That's the assessment of one David Myers, a 53-year-old system administrator in Atlanta, regarding the experience of reading a book on the Kindle Fire. ... Read More »

March 5, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Scotiabank Giller Prize announces 2012 jury: Gary Shteyngart, Anna Porter, and Roddy Doyle

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Jack Rabinovitch, founder of the Scotiabank Giller Prize, has announced the jury for 2012 is Gary Shteyngart, Anna Porter, and Roddy Doyle. Shteyngart is an American writer whose most recent novel, Super Sad True Love ... Read More »

March 5, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Scott McIntyre to step down as CEO at D&M

By Natalie Samson

*D&M Publishers has announced company co-founder Scott McIntyre will step down as CEO. Effective July 1, McIntyre will relinquish from his role as CEO, though he will continue as chairman of D&M Publishers and director ... Read More »

March 5, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Book links roundup: Smashwords in public libraries, poets named Sue, and more

By Sue Carter

Indie ebook distributor Smashwords partners with Baker & Taylor to bring titles to Blio and public libraries Oolichan Books is looking for poets named Sue Silicon Valley entrepreneur builds "an ark" of physical books Do ... Read More »

March 5, 2012 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

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