by Stuart Woods

Wonder Woman turns 66

A couple of literary-themed birthdays are being reported in the media this week. Reuters has picked up on Wonder Woman's 66th birthday “ not much of a milestone, admittedly, but 2007 is, incredibly, the first ... Read More »

December 11, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Beds may be burning, but books are booming Down Under

By Stuart Woods

One of the first official commitments by the new Australian Labor government, which defeated John Howard's Liberal Party in late November, was the installment of a new literary award “ the country's richest “ dubbed ... Read More »

December 11, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Text-message lit a hit in Japan

By Stuart Woods

The latest news from the annals of text-message lit comes from Japan, where cell-phone novels “ books composed on a cell phone's cramped keyboard and consumed on its tiny screen “ are producing bestsellers, emoticons ... Read More »

December 4, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Is the e-book revolution half-empty or half-full?

By Stuart Woods

Bad news, folks: new technology like the Kindle will enable the greedy, unruly masses to bankrupt the publishing industry as we know it. Glum futurist and TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington sounds the death knell on ... Read More »

December 4, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Martin Amis throws vinegar in old wound, opens new one

By Stuart Woods

The latest salvos in the Amis/Eagleton polemic come from the increasingly rancorous novelist himself, who penned an earnest rebuttal in Saturday's Guardian “ "No, I am not a racist," pleads the headline “ and then ... Read More »

December 4, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

U.K. publishers go green, sort of

By Stuart Woods

In response to the latest International Panel on Climate Change report, the most alarming to date, a British environmental organization and publishing industry mouthpiece is promising "a 10% reduction in carbon footprint from 2006 levels ... Read More »

November 27, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Reading outside of the book

By Stuart Woods

Despite its klunky design and prohibitive cost, the Kindle ebook reader is the beginning of the end of publishing as we know it, according to Guardian blogger and budding futurist Rob Woodard. Not only that, ... Read More »

November 27, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Doctorow to publishers: learn to share, dummies!

By Stuart Woods

With all the hoopla surrounding the launch of the Kindle, Amazon's portable e-book reader, it's easy to forget that for some authors the digital revolution has already happened. First among them would be science-fiction author ... Read More »

November 20, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Todd Babiak vs. toddbabiak.com

By Stuart Woods

In a sardonic post announcing his reluctant embrace of the blogosphere, Edmonton author Todd Babiak (The Book of Stanley, The Garneau Block) expresses his instinctive distaste for self-serving author blogs: I used to make fun ... Read More »

November 20, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Don't tase the locavore, bro!

By Stuart Woods

A litmus test for cultural literacy is whether or not the above sentence makes any sense at all. If not, you'll have to look up "tase" and "locavore" in an upcoming edition of the New ... Read More »

November 13, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

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Wonder Woman turns 66

Beds may be burning, but books are booming Down Under

Text-message lit a hit in Japan

Is the e-book revolution half-empty or half-full?

Martin Amis throws vinegar in old wound, opens new one

U.K. publishers go green, sort of

Reading outside of the book

Doctorow to publishers: learn to share, dummies!

Todd Babiak vs. toddbabiak.com

Don't tase the locavore, bro!

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