Book news

On the theft of books

Amidst the constant presence in the news of library scanning projects and lawsuits for copyright infringement, Matthew Battles, an editor of the Harvard Library Bulletin, reiterates in an article for The Boston Globe the importance ... Read More »

November 2, 2005 | Filed under: Book news

Marchand v. Marchand

By Scott MacDonald

Talking to oneself is something a lot of us do, but most of us don't publish the results. Toronto Star books columnist Phil Marchand does just this in a recent feature on the newspaper's website.Reading ... Read More »

November 1, 2005 | Filed under: Book news

Two parts sugar, three parts flour…

By Scott MacDonald

On the CBC website, Rachel Giese tells us what everyone in the Canadian book biz should already know: how to spot award-winning Canadian works of fiction. Taking a tally of 31 past winners of the ... Read More »

October 18, 2005 | Filed under: Awards, Book news, Opinion

Rumours fly as announcement of Nobel Prize for Literature is delayed

By Scott MacDonald

The clock continues to tick for the Nobel Academy, the body responsible for the nomination of Nobel Prize winners. For the first time in over 10 years, the Nobel Prize for Literature "was announced neither ... Read More »

October 11, 2005 | Filed under: Book news

Making a scene

By Leigh Anne Williams

Which is better for a writer's development (and career) -- living in a major urban centre with a healthy literary "scene," or honing their craft in relative isolation? Brenda Schmidt, a poet who lives in ... Read More »

October 6, 2005 | Filed under: Book news

Bodice-ripping for the charitable

By Scott MacDonald

Presented each year by Harlequin Enterprises to five lucky ladies, the More Than Words Award celebrates community spirit in conventional and not-so-conventional ways. Now in its second year, More Than Words is awarded to founders ... Read More »

September 26, 2005 | Filed under: Book news

Sound familiar?

By Scott MacDonald

In England, where bookstore chain Waterstone's was bought out by WH Smith, which was then bought out by music store giant HMV, one of the most powerful men in English publishing is now the head ... Read More »

September 23, 2005 | Filed under: Book news

Authors Guild sues Google for copyright infringement

By Scott MacDonald

Representing more than 8,000 writers from across the United States, the Authors Guild is suing Google for "massive copyright infringement," claiming damages and "demanding the search engine stop uploading the contents of library books," James ... Read More »

September 21, 2005 | Filed under: Book news

Google introduces new limits to its online book project

By Scott MacDonald

An article on Wired.com presents arguments both for and against Google's plan to create digital copies of millions of books from the libraries of Stanford, Michigan, Harvard, and Oxford universities, as well as the New ... Read More »

September 19, 2005 | Filed under: Book news

Dude, where's my Vasily?

By Scott MacDonald

Vanessa Thorpe of The Observer reports on another potentially troubling trend: the modification and modernization of long and otherwise difficult books. Reworked titles include a serialized but otherwise unmodified version of Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange ... Read More »

September 15, 2005 | Filed under: Book news

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