Parents and educators spend a lot of time, and spill a lot of ink, debating how to get teenagers interested in reading. Anyone who stops to think about the phenomenal success of Stephenie Meyers' Twilight ... Read More »
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Today's book news: Oprah chooses two Dickens classics for her book club PW names the notable newsmakers of 2010 Borders may take over Barnes & Noble Margaret Atwood likes Wilkie Collins A new web hub ... Read More »
December 6, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
Today's book news: Andrew Wylie loses e-book battle with Random House, goes home and beats up pillow Once again, Amazon crows about "record" Kindle sales (without providing numbers to back it up) Facebook tries to ... Read More »
August 25, 2010 | Filed under: Book links
Today's book news: Descendants of Tolkien and Dickens (!) rework classic children's fantasy Crime Writer's Association announces Gold Dagger nominees Nielsen looks at the ways film adaptations like Eat, Pray, Love affect book sales Amazing ... Read More »
August 11, 2010 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries
In a July 9 Wall Street Journal article, Tony Woodlief argues that current practices for securing permission to reprint copyrighted material are too intricate and costly to survive. He cites his own experience writing a ... Read More »
July 19, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
While researching the ongoing David Davidar sexual harassment scandal, Q&Q came across an archival newspaper column written by one of his former mentors, the late Indian poet and columnist Dom Moraes. The piece, written in ... Read More »
June 16, 2010 | Filed under: Industry news
Yann Martel is no doubt a busy man: not only is the Man Booker Prize“winning author of Life of Pi a new father, he's also promoting his latest novel, Beatrice & Virgil, and fending off ... Read More »
May 13, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
News for a quiet Thursday: Tom Clancy's first novel in seven years sounds kinda like The A-Team E-book sales beat audiobook sales in 2009 Simon & Schuster to publish George Carlin's letters in 2011 Yann ... Read More »
April 8, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
Here's the day's links: J.K. Rowling may possibly one day if she feels like it write another Harry Potter book Visual artists grab torches, join authors in storming the Google fortress Breaking down the iPad's ... Read More »
April 7, 2010 | Filed under: Book news
No foolin' here, just the straight dope: Borders escapes death-watch via refinancing Shocker! Amazon goes to agency model with HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster Non-shocker! Wolf Hall among Walter Scott Prize nominees Marcel Theroux, Kim ... Read More »
April 1, 2010 | Filed under: Book news