by Cassandra Drudi

To sell or not to sell: the now-non-existent question?

The Dallas Morning News contains an article by Jerome Weeks that stresses the need for authors to know how to promote their work. And he doesn't mean the bare-bones basics of not getting drunk at ... Read More »

August 2, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Norton busts out Uncle Tom

By Cassandra Drudi

Uncle Tom's Cabin: key historic text or racist claptrap? PW Daily's Three Answers column put this question to Norton executive editor Robert Weil, whose company is publishing September's The Annotated Uncle Tom's Cabin. They grill ... Read More »

August 1, 2006 | Filed under: Book news, Opinion

Hemingway's great-grandkitties run amok, angering feds

By Cassandra Drudi

It's too bad Ernest Hemingway isn't alive today -- who wouldn't want an army of six-toed supercats to command? But now his kitty command could be in jeopardy!Apparently, around 46 cats (half of them polydactyl) ... Read More »

August 1, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

The eBook tease continues

By Cassandra Drudi

CNET News's Gagdet Blog reported yesterday that Sony has shuffled the release date of its PRS-500 eBook reader back yet another season. Once promised for spring, then summer of this year, an e-mail update from ... Read More »

July 27, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Books: hot, fresh, and ready to go

By Cassandra Drudi

Hit the ATM, the DVD kiosk, and the made-to-order book machine? This ain't no book vending machine, folks -- it's more like a coffee-machine, making a book for you in three minutes or so at ... Read More »

July 27, 2006 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

Bog unearths untold bookly delights

By Cassandra Drudi

The L.A. Times boasted one of the most intriguing leads of recent days with the announcement that "Irish archeologists Tuesday heralded the discovery of an ancient book of psalms, found by a construction worker while ... Read More »

July 26, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Newsflash: novelists suck at writing plays

By Cassandra Drudi

The Guardian explores the phenomenon of novelists who write great books yet suck at penning plays. Or, as Philip Hensher puts it: "[James Joyce's play] Exiles, like most plays written by novelists, is a notoriously ... Read More »

July 26, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Take that, Cubans exiles!

By Cassandra Drudi

Miami schoolchildren can get their dose of Cuba after all, the L.A. Times reported today, as "a federal judge Monday ordered the Miami-Dade County School District to restore a children's book about Cuba to school ... Read More »

July 25, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Australian booksellers get their numbers crunched to mixed reviews

By Cassandra Drudi

While getting one's jollies from poring over accurate sales data only recently became a favourite activity among Canadian bookfolk, Australia six-year-old book industry sales data program, according to an Australian article, is like many a ... Read More »

July 25, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

The eBook just keeps a-comin'

By Cassandra Drudi

We do everything with our iPods, from watching television shows to storing photos, so it isn't that surprising that reading books on 'em might not be too far behind. The blog engadget has reported that ... Read More »

July 24, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

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