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The Oprah effect, again

Recently, an author association dubbed Word of Mouth has made headlines by begging talk-show host Oprah Winfrey to reinstate her book club. (Or, rather, to restore it to its original purpose of concentrating on current ... Read More »

April 25, 2005 | Filed under: Book news, Bookselling, Opinion

New York state of mind

By Leigh Anne Williams

The Toronto Star checks in on McNally Robinson New York, and finds that manager Sarah McNally is displaying such books as Annabel Lyon's The Best Thing for You and Richard B. Wright's Clara Callan, and ... Read More »

February 28, 2005 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

From Giller glitz to Da Vinci decoding

By Leigh Anne Williams

With award season now having wound fully down, readers who missed Toronto Star columnist Philip Marchand's post-Giller musings will find them worth a look. He writes: "Literary scholars have a word for those little parts ... Read More »

November 29, 2004 | Filed under: Awards, Book news, Bookselling, Opinion

In fear of the cultural department store

By Leigh Anne Williams

Heather Reisman's comments at that Indigo annual general meeting a few weeks back continue to reverberate in the books community; now the Dooney's Café website has posted some belated reaction. Dooney's writer Gordon Lockheed argues ... Read More »

October 25, 2004 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

The wrath of a vampire queen

By Leigh Anne Williams

Earlier this year, Amazon inadvertently outed a number of authors who'd posted glowing "customer reviews" of their own books, or their friends' books. Now the online bookselling giant's reviews section is in the news again; ... Read More »

September 22, 2004 | Filed under: Authors, Bookselling

Combatting declining unit sales with higher prices?

By Leigh Anne Williams

The used-book trade draws much of the blame for declining book sales, which were highlighted in a Book Industry Study Group report released last week. According to the report, sales of new American books came ... Read More »

May 17, 2004 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

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