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Peter Carey stands up for imperiled Australian publishing

According to Peter Carey, publishing Down Under is in crisis. And the threat “ that Australian publishers will have their roles reduced to that of distributor in a global corporate chain “ may sound familiar ... Read More »

January 30, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Google, publishers settle book-scanning suit

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Google will pay $125-million to settle a class-action lawsuit with The Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers over its book-scanning project. As part of the agreement, Google will expand its Book Search program ... Read More »

October 28, 2008 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Don’t steal this textbook “ download it

By Stuart Woods

The Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam rails against the U.S. textbook industry, arguing that students who use illegal download sites like Textbook Torrents and thepiratebay.org are partly justified in doing so: As a writer, how ... Read More »

September 10, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Meyer dumps new Twilight installment

By Scott MacDonald

Rabid Twilight fans the world over will have to find something else to do with their future Friday nights, as series author Stephanie Meyer has decided to abort a planned companion volume. According to Entertainment ... Read More »

September 3, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Talking copyright

By Q&Q Staff

Expect Bill C-61, the proposed amendment to the Canadian Copyright Act, to be a big conversation topic at this year's show. The bill was tabled on Thursday, and groups like the Association of Canadian Publishers ... Read More »

June 14, 2008

Bookmarks: critic saves Nabokov novel, senator saves writer’s home, but nothing could save Duddy Kravitz musical

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Did a Slate critic help save Nabokov's last novel from the flames? (Slate) Ontario senator helps save Joy Kogawa's childhood home (CBC.ca) Duddy Kravitz: The Musical was doomed from the start “ ... Read More »

April 28, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

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

Looking for a change?

By Q&Q jobs

This week on Q&Q's Job Board: Bibliographic Manager - BookNet Canada (Toronto, ON) Administrative Assistant - Raincoast Books (Vancouver, BC) General Books Manager - McGill University Bookstore (Montreal, QC) Permission Liaison - Access Copyright (Toronto, ... Read More »

March 12, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Lemony Snicket and the perils of stock photography

By Jacob Sheen

Here's a cautionary tale about using stock photography. Grove Press loved the cover of the German edition of Sasa Stanisic's first novel, How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone, so they used it for the U.S. ... Read More »

March 4, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Rowling sees fan-written Potter lexicon as exploitation

By Nathan Whitlock

From Reuters: Billionaire Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling would feel "exploited" if a fan's unofficial encyclopedic companion to the boy wizard series was published, she said in court papers made public on Thursday. Steve Vander ... Read More »

February 29, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

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