Search Results by tag: audiobooks

Ebook revenue up but sales down, according to BookNet Canada survey on digital publishing

BookNet Canada has released its fourth annual report on the state of digital publishing in Canada, surveying 50 small, mid-sized, and large Canadian publishers about their practices for ebook publishing. Here are some highlights: Despite ... Read More »

June 8, 2017 | Filed under: Book news

Sylvain Neuvel, Louise Penny, Sunny Leone among 22nd annual Audie Awards finalists

By Becky Robertson

Three Canadian authors have been named finalists for this year's Audie Awards, administered by the Audio Publishers Association to recognize excellence in the audiobook format. Quebec author Louise Penny is shortlisted in the Mystery category ... Read More »

February 9, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Penguin pulls out of OverDrive, stops ebook sales to libraries

By Natalie Samson

Penguin Group has announced it will no longer provide ebooks to OverDrive, effective immediately. With the termination of the relationship between the publisher and the U.S. digital content distributor, public libraries are effectively cut off ... Read More »

February 10, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology, Libraries

Room audiobook narrator Michal Friedman dies

By Sue Carter

Michal Friedman, a New York“based actor and singer whose career included vocal work for several audiobooks, died on Nov. 25, from complications related to a Cesarean section after giving birth to healthy twins. Most recently, ... Read More »

December 9, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

In the September 2011 issue of Q&Q: Guy Vanderhaeghe completes his iconic Western trilogy

By Sue Carter

Q&Q speaks to Governor General's Literary Award“winning Saskatoon author Guy Vanderhaeghe about the final book in his Western trilogy, the ambitious A Good Man. Also in September, rekindling interest in history with high-profile political biographies, ... Read More »

August 22, 2011 | Filed under: Authors, Opinion

Bookmarks: Britain’s phone booth library, Herta MÃ¼ller’s “psychosis,” and the Bad Sex in Fiction Award winner

By Alison Potstra

Some sundry links from across the Web: Resourceful idea of the week: British village transforms traditional red phone booth into local library Coming soon to a theatre near you: the book trailer for Quirk Classics' ... Read More »

December 1, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Terminatrix Palin, Wild Things art, and the interactive Proust questionnaire

By Alison Potstra

Sundry links from around the Web: Sarah Palin's HarperCollins editor has a double life, The Daily Beast reports. He also helped work on the satirical title published during Palin's VP run, Terminatrix: The Sarah Palin Chronicles Just ... Read More »

October 13, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Amazon: more than just a bookstore

By Stuart Woods

Time magazine book critic and tech columnist Lev Grossman follows up his report earlier this year about the future of literature with a new article, written with reporter Andrea Sachs, examining the impact Amazon is ... Read More »

June 12, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Deals

Proofreading the public domain

By Stuart Woods

At last month's BookNet Canada technology forum, one memorable moment came during a talk by Montrealer Hugh McGuire, one of the co-organizers of BookCamp Toronto and the founder of LibriVox, an online repository of free, ... Read More »

April 3, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Another new format?

By Eric Emin Wood

We've all heard of audiobooks, but videobooks? HarperCollins is trying to pitch short films of authors summarizing their books (until recently known as an online promotional trailer) as a new format “ even going so ... Read More »

February 3, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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