by Steven W. Beattie

Terry Pratchett ponders assisted suicide

Best-selling U.K. author Terry Pratchett has received the consent forms necessary to initiate the process of ending his life from Switzerland's Dignitas clinic. Pratchett, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, says the only thing preventing him ... Read More »

June 13, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Brooklyn author opens bookstore to sell his own book

By Steven W. Beattie

There's a new bookstore in New York City, but you won't find the latest releases from Jonathan Franzen or Jodi Picoult there. In fact, Andrew Kessler's store, Ed's Martian Book, stocks only one title: Kessler's ... Read More »

May 9, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Did she or didn’t she? Two versions of Harper Lee’s involvement in new bio

By Steven W. Beattie

Marja Mills, a former reporter for the Chicago Tribune, has been trying to solve the riddle of why reclusive author Harper Lee never published another book after her classic 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird. ... Read More »

May 2, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Literary “betrayal” of Robert Louis Stevenson to be rectified

By Steven W. Beattie

Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson is best known for the novels Kidnapped, Treasure Island, and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. He was also the author of a lesser-known group of fairy ... Read More »

April 25, 2011 | Filed under: Authors

King James Bible a godsend for Australian booksellers

By Steven W. Beattie

The King James version of the Bible turned 400 last year, and to celebrate, a new, 1,500-page edition has been printed. Retailing at $120 AUS, the book is flying off the shelves down under, according ... Read More »

April 25, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Brick nominated for UTNE Reader Independent Press Award

By Steven W. Beattie

Despite cuts to the Canadian Periodical Fund that have hit literary journals and magazines particularly hard, small-run Canadian literary publications continue to garner attention and accolades, both here and abroad. Case in point: Brick magazine, ... Read More »

April 18, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Cormorant Books partners with Thomas Allen & Son: UPDATED

By Steven W. Beattie

Toronto-based literary publisher Cormorant Books, has entered into an agreement with Thomas Allen & Son that will see Thomas Allen take over Cormorant's sales and distribution as of July 1. According to a joint press ... Read More »

April 18, 2011 | Filed under: Industry news

E-books will account for 40 per cent of book revenue within five years, predicts Reisman

By Steven W. Beattie

Two years ago, Heather Reisman, CEO and "chief booklover" of Indigo Books and Music, predicted that e-books would cannibalize 15 per cent of traditional book sales at her stores in five years' time. Reisman has ... Read More »

April 11, 2011 | Filed under: Bookselling, Digital publishing and technology, Industry news

Little, Brown to publish John Lennon’s letters

By Steven W. Beattie

Yoko Ono, the widow of iconic musician John Lennon, has granted American publisher Little, Brown the rights to produce a volume of her late husband's letters. The book, titled simply The Lennon Letters, is scheduled ... Read More »

April 11, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

U.K. poets band together to protest cuts

By Steven W. Beattie

It's National Poetry Month here in Canada, an annual initiative by the League of Canadian Poets to bring public attention to poetry. But across the Atlantic, the beginning of April more closely resembles T.S. Eliot's ... Read More »

April 4, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

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Terry Pratchett ponders assisted suicide

Brooklyn author opens bookstore to sell his own book

Did she or didn’t she? Two versions of Harper Lee’s involvement in new bio

Literary “betrayal” of Robert Louis Stevenson to be rectified

King James Bible a godsend for Australian booksellers

Brick nominated for UTNE Reader Independent Press Award

Cormorant Books partners with Thomas Allen & Son: UPDATED

E-books will account for 40 per cent of book revenue within five years, predicts Reisman

Little, Brown to publish John Lennon’s letters

U.K. poets band together to protest cuts

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