November 22, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology
Nan A. Talese, an imprint of Doubleday U.S., is previewing illustrations from the e-book version of Margaret Atwood's essay collection In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination (McClelland & Stewart). What's most notable about ... Read More »
Toronto transmedia company Pop Sandbox has launched an interactive Web version of The Next Day, which chronicles the stories of four suicide-attempt survivors. The animated online documentary, a co-production with the National Film Board, accompanies ... Read More »
November 21, 2011 | Filed under: Books of the Year, Digital publishing and technology
Theytus Books, one of Canada's oldest aboriginal publishers, celebrated its 30th anniversary last Thursday. The full-day festivities comprised workshops about creativity and the land, including a poetry-chapbook-writing session and reading hosted by Jeanette Armstrong, at ... Read More »
November 15, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology, Events
The so-called "Scotiabank Giller Prize effect" is already helping e-book numbers for Esi Edugyan's Half-Blood Blues (Thomas Allen Publishers). Yesterday, Half-Blood Blues was listed 3,376 on Amazon's bestsellers list for Kindle e-books. As of noon ... Read More »
November 9, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Digital publishing and technology
Kobo announced Tuesday it has entered into a definite agreement under which it will be acquired by the Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten. The deal is expected to close in early 2012. According to a press ... Read More »
November 8, 2011 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology
After almost a year of delays, Google has launched its Canadian e-books platform. According to a press release from Google, "hundreds of thousands of titles will be available for purchase" in Canada through its eBookstore, ... Read More »
November 1, 2011 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology
John Wiley & Sons has filed suit in New York City, claiming 27 users of the popular peer-to-peer file-sharing service BitTorrent have illegally downloaded copies of books in the publisher's popular Dummies series. According to ... Read More »
October 31, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology
Indigo, Chapters, and Coles stores across Canada will open at 8 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 24, to accommodate readers who want to be the first to get their hands on the new Steve Jobs biography, ... Read More »
October 21, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology
Although the Internet has revolutionized the way people discover new recipes, e-cookbooks have not yet made a big impact in the kitchen. It's not that home chefs are too busy thumbing their old recipe index ... Read More »
October 7, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology
Kobo has released more details about Kobo Pulse, its new "social in-book e-reading experience" Essentially a social media tool, Kobo Pulse will allow Kobo users to connect with other people reading the same book, comment ... Read More »
September 27, 2011 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology