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Alice Munro leads literary programming at this year’s Luminato

Luminato, one of Toronto's biggest annual cultural festivals, has announced a rare appearance by Alice Munro, who will be interviewed onstage June 10 by Deborah Treisman, fiction editor for The New Yorker. Running from June ... Read More »

March 14, 2012 | Filed under: Events

Kobo sues Borders, strikes European deal

By Natalie Samson

It's been a busy week for Canadian e-reading company Kobo. On Tuesday, representatives for Kobo filed documents at a bankruptcy court in New York to ensure that Kobo licenses held by Borders are not put ... Read More »

September 9, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Kobo issues statement about Borders liquidation

By Steven W. Beattie

Kobo, the Toronto-based e-reading company, has issued an official statement to clarify its position vis-Ã -vis the recent announcement that the U.S. bookstore chain Borders would be entering liquidation. The statement is in response to "misconceptions ... Read More »

July 20, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Borders gives up the fight: UPDATED

By Steven W. Beattie

The embattled U.S. book chain Borders has run out of options in its attempts to find a buyer and will begin the process of liquidating, according to the Detroit Free Press. The liquidation plan, which ... Read More »

July 18, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book links round-up: unfinished manuscripts, Kobo gets ready to rumble, and more

By Jason Spencer

Pitchfork Media staff lists top 60 music books including Carl Wilson's Let's Talk About Love Muhammad Ali sues Kobo for using famous slogan without consent The Vancouver 125 Poetry Conference is coming this October Will ... Read More »

July 15, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Daily links round-up: Free Kindles, James Frey, and more

By Stuart Woods

Sundry links from around the Web: Robert Fulford on the "long service in the trench warfare of editing" of Oxford University Press's William Toye The Association of American Publishers reports a staggering 116 per cent ... Read More »

March 17, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Book biz round-up: Anna Porter on the “shaky state” of Canadian publishing, and more

By Sue Carter

Anna Porter on the shaky state of Canadian book publishing Just in time for Lent: James Frey's self-published The Final Testament of the Holy Bible Books you must read, compiled into a neat consensus cloud ... Read More »

March 15, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Kobo celebrates e-book week with a round of financing

By Sue Carter

Kobo today announced it has closed a new round of financing. The amount of the Series C investment has not been disclosed, but in a statement, the Toronto-based e-publishing company says, Indigo Books & Music ... Read More »

March 8, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Borders Australia updates creditors and unpaid staff

By Sue Carter

Administrators for Australia's bankrupt REDgroup Retail, the company that owns book retail chains Borders, Whitcoulls, and Angus & Roberstson, held their first creditors' meetings on Monday in Melbourne and Auckland, New Zealand. Steve Sherman, from ... Read More »

March 1, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

REDgroup insolvency a further challenge for Kobo

By Stuart Woods

It's been a dismal 24 hours for global bricks-and-mortar booksellers. A day after U.S. chain Borders entered bankruptcy protection, Australia's largest bookstore chain, Angus & Roberts, entered administration, putting in question the future of its ... Read More »

February 17, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: Borders

Alice Munro leads literary programming at this year’s Luminato

Kobo sues Borders, strikes European deal

Kobo issues statement about Borders liquidation

Borders gives up the fight: UPDATED

Book links round-up: unfinished manuscripts, Kobo gets ready to rumble, and more

Daily links round-up: Free Kindles, James Frey, and more

Book biz round-up: Anna Porter on the “shaky state” of Canadian publishing, and more

Kobo celebrates e-book week with a round of financing

Borders Australia updates creditors and unpaid staff

REDgroup insolvency a further challenge for Kobo

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