by Scott MacDonald

Does Kindle hate Canada?

It seems that the Kindle is finally going international. This morning, Amazon announced that it will begin shipping a new version of the e-reading device that will be able to download content wirelessly over AT&T's ... Read More »

October 7, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Raincoast CEO Allan MacDougall retires

By Scott MacDonald

Early this morning, the staff of the Vancouver-based Raincoast Books gathered in the company warehouse for an announcement from founder and CEO Allan MacDougall. Rather than let the company hear it from someone else, the ... Read More »

October 6, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Echlin, Michaels among Giller picks

By Scott MacDonald

The Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist was announced this morning, and it included a mix of "sure bets" and surprise nods. The biggest surprise, however, was the omission of Margaret Atwood's The Year of the Flood ... Read More »

October 6, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Munro, Coupland get Writers’ Trust nods

By Scott MacDonald

The shortlists for the 2009 Writers' Trust prizes were announced at Ben McNally Books in Toronto this morning. The nominees are: The Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize ($25,000): Nicole Brossard, Susanne de LotbiniÃ¨re-Harwood, trans., Fences ... Read More »

September 30, 2009 | Filed under: Awards

Surprise! Kindle sales of Lost Symbol vastly overrated

By Scott MacDonald

Last week, when Amazon trumpeted the news that first-day Kindle sales for Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol were actually higher than print sales, pundits predictably went to town with the usual "death of the book" ... Read More »

September 23, 2009 | Filed under: Bookselling

Event photos: Coach House Wayzgoose

By Scott MacDonald

Coach House Books held its annual Wayzgoose get-together on Sep. 3, and the turnout was excellent, as you can see from the pics below (provided by photographer Gary Mo). This year's celebration was extra merry, ... Read More »

September 9, 2009 | Filed under: Events

Google’s day of reckoning

By Scott MacDonald

Authors who wish to opt out of the Google Book Search settlement have until midnight tonight to do so. If you're an author, and you're still undecided about what to do, here's some previous Q&Q ... Read More »

September 4, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Only in America: Sony’s new wireless e-reader

By Scott MacDonald

There's a lot of hubbub south of the border today about the launch of Sony's new Daily Edition e-reader, the first Sony e-reading device to go wireless. According to The L.A. Times: The Daily Edition ... Read More »

August 25, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Book of Negroes to become feature film

By Scott MacDonald

When you consider how astoundingly well Lawrence Hill's 2007 novel The Book of Negroes has been selling, it was probably inevitable that somebody would want to turn the book into a film. According to a ... Read More »

August 19, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Clinton reads book blogs

By Scott MacDonald

One of our favorite book blogs, the L.A. Times' Jacket Copy, appears to have fans from all walks of life, including former U.S. presidents. This morning, blogger Carolyn Kellogg posted a handwritten note from the ... Read More »

August 13, 2009

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