by Steven W. Beattie

Amended Google settlement excludes foreign-language works

The controversial Google Book Search settlement is getting another kick at the legal can. Last Friday “ more than a year after the original settlement was drafted “ Google and its plaintiffs submitted to the ... Read More »

November 16, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Google settlement (finally) gets its day in court

By Steven W. Beattie

The so-called "fairness hearing" to assess the legality of the much-debated Google Book Search settlement was supposed to have occurred one month ago in New York, but in the face of international opposition and an ... Read More »

November 9, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Harlequin tries for some online love with digital publishing venture

By Steven W. Beattie

Harlequin Enterprises, best known as a publisher of romance novels in the traditional "dead tree" format, has just launched an online publishing house, Carina Press. According to the Carina home page, the new venture will ... Read More »

November 9, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Amazon’s Kindle not lighting fires in Norway

By Steven W. Beattie

Despite healthy sales and an endorsement from Oprah in the U.S., Amazon's Kindle reading device may run afoul of Norway's consumer regulations should the online bookselling giant decide to release the device there in its ... Read More »

November 2, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

(Some) Alberta writers ineligible for Alberta award

By Steven W. Beattie

The Alberta Readers' Choice Award, a new prize jointly sponsored by the Edmonton Public Library and the Book Publishers Association of Alberta, is worth a cool $10,000 for the winner. But there's a catch: Alberta-based ... Read More »

November 2, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Stephen King’s new face of evil: predatory pricing: UPDATED

By Steven W. Beattie

When you're an author of Stephen King's stature, you can afford to be direct. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly (where the mega-selling author is also a regular columnist), King had a message for retailers who are ... Read More »

October 26, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Novelist stops reviewing because of rampant misogyny in crime fiction: UPDATED

By Steven W. Beattie

Novelist Clive Barker once called horror fiction the last refuge of the chauvinist. Jessica Mann might beg to differ. The British novelist, who also reviews crime fiction for the Literary Review, says that she has ... Read More »

October 26, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Paul Quarrington wins Matt Cohen Award

By Steven W. Beattie

The Writers' Trust of Canada has announced that this year's recipient of the Matt Cohen Award is Paul Quarrington. The $20,000 award is given to a writer who has amassed a distinguished body of work. ... Read More »

October 19, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Christian group upset with R. Crumb’s illustrated Book of Genesis

By Steven W. Beattie

Really? Who could possibly have seen that coming? R. Crumb “ most famous for the comic Fritz the Cat “ has released an illustrated version of the Bible's first book, complete with sexually explicit images ... Read More »

October 19, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Marketing 101: DIY isn’t just for home renos anymore

By Steven W. Beattie

Marketing books has always been tricky, but it's become even more so in the hyper-connected Web 2.0 world. And with atrophying review space and publishers' limited marketing budgets, authors can't rely on getting coverage in ... Read More »

October 5, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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Amended Google settlement excludes foreign-language works

Google settlement (finally) gets its day in court

Harlequin tries for some online love with digital publishing venture

Amazon’s Kindle not lighting fires in Norway

(Some) Alberta writers ineligible for Alberta award

Stephen King’s new face of evil: predatory pricing: UPDATED

Novelist stops reviewing because of rampant misogyny in crime fiction: UPDATED

Paul Quarrington wins Matt Cohen Award

Christian group upset with R. Crumb’s illustrated Book of Genesis

Marketing 101: DIY isn’t just for home renos anymore

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