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Douglas Coupland video clips available on iTunes

Fans of quirky writer, visual artist, and Canadian cultural icon Douglas Coupland can watch three free video clips inspired by his new novel Generation A via the iTunes Store. Set in the near future, Generation A ... Read More »

September 1, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Publishers Weekly up for sale … again

By Suzanne Gardner

Publishers Weekly announced this morning that it's being put up for sale. Reed Business Information, which publishes over 400 trade publications including PW, Library Journal, and School Library Journal, intends to sell most of its ... Read More »

July 30, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news

Are e-book ads the way of the future?

By Suzanne Gardner

The Internet's been abuzz with news of some recently filed Amazon patents. A blog post on the Fast Company website looks at two of the patents, which point toward a new future in which ads ... Read More »

July 7, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Stanza acquired by Amazon, and more

By Stuart Woods

Sundry links from around the Web: It looks like Shortcovers, Indigo's downloadable e-book application for mobile devices, has some new competition: Lexycycle, the start-up behind the popular iPhone e-book reader Stanza, has been acquired by ... Read More »

April 28, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

More bad news for American book coverage

By Scott MacDonald

It looks like the rumors were true about The Washington Post's standalone book supplement. According to The New York Times, Book World will cease publication after Feb. 15. Book World was one of the last ... Read More »

January 28, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Opinion

Litbloggers weigh in on Giller picks

By Scott MacDonald

A brief survey of responses to yesterday's Giller shortlist announcement: Bookninja argues that Marina Endicott's Good to a Fault got the nod by advertising on Bookninja.com Oddsmaker Pinnacle Sports places the smart money on Rawi ... Read More »

October 8, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

Best book ads ever?

By Sara Forsyth

Quillblog recently stumbled across a New York Times slide show of book advertisements from their so-called "Golden Age," 1962-1973. Why those dates? The books - and the ads for them - were terrific: fresh, pushy, ... Read More »

August 5, 2008 | Filed under: Book culture

Cellist vs. Cellist

By Scott MacDonald

Seems there's a bit of controversy brewing around Steven Galloway's novel The Cellist of Sarajevo, which was published a few months back by Knopf Canada. (Read Q&Q's review here.) According to the CBC, the real-life ... Read More »

July 18, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

HarperCollins U.S. to try new publishing model

By Scott MacDonald

In a move that should have people talking at the upcoming London Book Fair, HarperCollins U.S. has announced plans to launch a new-style publishing program. The man in charge is publishing veteran Robert S. Miller, ... Read More »

April 4, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Let the sunshine in

By Q&Q jobs

This week on Q&Q's Job Board: Contracts Manager - Westwood Creative Artists (Toronto, ON) Production Editor - Firefly Books Ltd. (Richmond Hill, ON) Bibliographic Manager - BookNet Canada (Toronto, ON) General Books Manager - McGill ... Read More »

March 26, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

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