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Book links roundup: Guerrilla libraries, Canadian Bookshelf rebrands, and more

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

Does an upsized IKEA bookshelf spell doom for print publishing?

By Sue Carter

IKEA's BILLY bookcase, as ubiquitous a presence in undergrads' apartments as ramen noodles, has now become, to some pundits, at least, a symbol for the decline of print publishing. According to The Economist, the upcoming ... Read More »

September 13, 2011 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Book links round-up: J.D. Salinger’s letters, bpNichol, poetry bombing, and more

By Sue Carter

Uncovered J.D. Salinger letters make references to Sesame Street, Kafka, and unpublished manuscripts Carmine Starnino wonders whether bpNichol is ... Read More »

July 6, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Links round-up: Atwood circa 1975, Rumsfeld, and more

By Natalie Samson

Today's links round-up, video edition: TVO launched its digital archive this week. Check out Mike McManus's 1975 interview with Margaret Atwood about her book Lady Oracle. An Atwoodian gem from the video: Remember I'm old. ... Read More »

February 24, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Borders launches Borders.com (again)

By Scott MacDonald

Back in 2001, when the dot-com boom went bust, the U.S. bookstore chain Borders decided to get out of the online bookselling biz and scrapped Borders.com. Now, however, they seem to have thought better of ... Read More »

May 28, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling

Rowling "pretty and nice" at Toronto reading

By Stuart Woods

A for-kids-only reading by J.K. Rowling at Toronto's Winter Garden Theatre went off without a hitch, according to Quillblog's two exclusive sources, both of whom are nine years old. Rowling reportedly read her favourite passage ... Read More »

October 23, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

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