by Cassandra Drudi

The eBook tease continues

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

Update: this ain't no turkish delight

By Cassandra Drudi

Bestselling novelist Elif Shafak is merely the latest victim of the trial-happy Turks, who, over the last year, have charged over five dozen writers and journalists under Turkey's Article 301, the vague legislation that seems ... Read More »

July 24, 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

Brick Lane inhabitants want Brick Lane: The Movie stopped

By Cassandra Drudi

The east London borough of Tower Hamlets is up in arms again against Booker-nominated author Monica Ali and her novel Brick Lane. Now that a movie's in the making, they're really pissed. According to a ... Read More »

July 19, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

The most awesome book-to-movie adaptations ever

By Cassandra Drudi

In this week's edition, The Onion A.V. Club laid down 15 book-to-film adaptations that live up to their source material. Some of them are even better than the source material, such as The Godfather, Jaws, ... Read More »

July 19, 2006 | Filed under: Book news, Opinion

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Quill and Quire

The eBook tease continues

Books: hot, fresh, and ready to go

Bog unearths untold bookly delights

Newsflash: novelists suck at writing plays

Take that, Cubans exiles!

Australian booksellers get their numbers crunched to mixed reviews

Update: this ain't no turkish delight

The eBook just keeps a-comin'

Brick Lane inhabitants want Brick Lane: The Movie stopped

The most awesome book-to-movie adaptations ever

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