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Windsor library’s self-publishing machine a hit, E.L. Doctorow dies at 84, and more

Self-publishing machine at a Windsor, Ontario, library has produced more than 10,000 books in three years. Ragtime author E.L. Doctorow dies at 84. Latest Go Set a Watchman news: readers promised new copies after first-run ... Read More »

July 22, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Naomi Klein wins 2015 American Book Award

By Becky Robertson

The California-based Before Columbus Foundation has named Naomi Klein winner of an American Book Award for her revered 2014 title This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate (Knopf Canada). The annual prize, now in its ... Read More »

July 21, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Ebook soundtrack startup Booktrack raises another $5 million in funding

By Sue Carter

Are soundtracks for ebooks the future of digital reading? New Zealand tech startup Booktrack believes there's a consumer and publisher demand for ebooks with synchronized music and ambient sounds – and apparently investors think so, ... Read More »

July 21, 2015 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Book illustrators launch campaign for due credit, confessions from the world of lucrative ghostwritten ebooks, and more

By Becky Robertson

Book illustrators launch social media campaign for cover credit An inside look at the self-published ebook market where this author makes $150,000 U.S. a year off of ghostwritten titles Go Set a Watchman sells 1.1-million ... Read More »

July 21, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

Q&A: Susan Musgrave on her new cookbook

By Sue Carter

In 2010, poet Susan Musgrave took over the Copper Beech bed and breakfast on Haida Gwaii. A longtime resident of the B.C. island, Musgrave’s latest book, A Taste of Haida Gwaii: Food Gathering and ... Read More »

July 20, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Book news

2015 international fall preview

By Becky Robertson

Marvelous memoirs ▶ Singer-songwriter, artist, and National Book Award–winning author Patti Smith follows 2010’s Just Kids with a second memoir, M Train (Knopf Canada), which takes a journey through 17 “stations” of the author’s life ... Read More »

July 20, 2015 | Filed under: Preview

2015 non-fiction fall preview

By Sue Carter

Family folklore Canada has few musical dynasties as beloved as the McGarrigle family. Random House Canada’s Mountain City Girls: The McGarrigle Family Album, by Anna and Jane McGarrigle (sisters to Kate, aunts to Rufus and ... Read More »

July 20, 2015 | Filed under: Preview

2015 fiction fall preview

By Steven W. Beattie

Two sides of George Bowering One of Canada’s key postmodernists, co-founder of the influential literary journal TISH, Canada’s inaugural Parliamentary Poet Laureate, Governor General’s Literary Award winner, novelist, critic, historian, editor: there is very little ... Read More »

July 20, 2015 | Filed under: Preview

Canadian publishing industry reacts to Brad Martin’s comments, David Lagercrantz faces skepticism, and more

By Becky Robertson

Publishing industry reacts to controversial comments by PRH Canada CEO Brad Martin. David Lagercrantz faces skepticism before The Girl in the Spider's Web release. Documents suggest William Butler Yeats' remains aren't actually buried at the ... Read More »

July 20, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

TPL cites $2 million of missing books, word-for-word passages in both Mockingbird and Watchman, and more

By Becky Robertson

Toronto Public Library cites more than $2 million worth of missing and overdue books Word-for-word passages found in both To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman No potential buyers for 7,600-volume Print Wikipedia ... Read More »

July 16, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

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