With the dust of the 10-day strike at the Toronto Public Library settling, two other public library systems face the possibility of job action. On Monday, public library workers in Regina voted 83 per cent ... Read More »
Nova Scotia's South Shore Public Libraries has stopped acquiring ebooks from Random House to protest the publisher's recent price increase on digital titles. In a press release, chief librarian Troy Myers said the increase will ... Read More »
April 2, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology, Libraries
Toronto Public Library workers reach tentative deal with the city Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman signs book deal with Grand Central Publishing Bronze statue of the Lorax stolen from Dr. Seuss's San Diego estate It's the last run ... Read More »
March 29, 2012 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries
Sunday marked one week that Toronto Public Library workers have been on strike. To recognize the occasion, The Writers' Union of Canada hosted a rally and read-in to support CUPE Local 4948 (the Toronto Public ... Read More »
OverDrive delays pre-orders of Harry Potter ebooks for libraries Will Putin's book club restore Russia as a "reading nation?" Q&A with Melville House co-owner Dennis Loy Johnson In the bloody battle for book sales, who ... Read More »
March 21, 2012 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries
Indie ebook distributor Smashwords partners with Baker & Taylor to bring titles to Blio and public libraries Oolichan Books is looking for poets named Sue Silicon Valley entrepreneur builds "an ark" of physical books Do ... Read More »
March 5, 2012 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries
UNESCO celebrates reading, writers, and illustrators with World Book Day Apple launches comics and graphic novel section in the iBookstore Acorn media to control Agatha Christie's literary estate The rise of little libraries, DIY reading ... Read More »
March 1, 2012 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries
Toronto Public Library goes ahead with advertising sales plans Jackie Collins ditches her publisher for self-publishing Do video book trailers help ... Read More »
February 29, 2012 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries
Faced with a demand by the city to make up a $3.9 million budget shortfall, the Toronto Public Library is considering a revenue-generating proposal that could result in private-sector advertising on the back of due-date ... Read More »
February 27, 2012 | Filed under: Libraries
Architecture student John Locke turns New York phone booths into mini guerrilla libraries Amazon.ca lead sponsor for rebranding of Canadian Bookshelf as the 49th Shelf Musician Kanye West listed in acknowledgements of V. S. Naipaul ... Read More »
February 23, 2012 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries