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The shape of indie bookstores to come

A Brooklyn woman has won $15,000 in start-up cash from the Brooklyn Public Library for her design of an independent neighbourhood bookstore. Her plan is so crazy it just might work: "a small bookstore with ... Read More »

January 29, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling

Canadian authors get inked

By Stuart Woods

What do George Orwell, Dorothy Parker, and John Irving all have in common? A penchant for tattoos, according to an article posted on the website of Abebooks, the Victoria-based online book retailer. The piece opens ... Read More »

January 8, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Twenty-five years of The Snowman

By Nathan Whitlock

The film adaptation of Raymond Briggs' The Snowman is almost as inescapable at this time of year as Rudolph and Charlie Brown and the Grinch. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the wordless and ... Read More »

December 19, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Bookmarks – Khaled Hosseini says stay the course, A.L. Kennedy pleads for school and library funding, and more

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner, urges U.S. and allies to stay in Afghanistan (AFP) A.L. Kennedy wins Scottish book award, makes plea for school and library funding (The Scotsman) Author ... Read More »

December 3, 2007 | Filed under: Book links

Reading outside of the book

By Stuart Woods

Despite its klunky design and prohibitive cost, the Kindle ebook reader is the beginning of the end of publishing as we know it, according to Guardian blogger and budding futurist Rob Woodard. Not only that, ... Read More »

November 27, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

This just in: indie presses important

By Nathan Whitlock

Despite the eternal precariousness of indie press life, that they often punch way above their weight in sales, award nominations, and critical recognition is an accepted fact in Canada. Not so in the U.K., where ... Read More »

November 26, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

The December issue of Q&Q: Books of the Year

By Leigh Anne Williams

The special Books of the Year issue of Quill & Quire is now en route to stores and mailboxes. It contains the magazine's annual selection of the titles that mattered the most over the past ... Read More »

November 21, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Kindlemania

By Leigh Anne Williams

By now you've no doubt seen the long press release – er, sorry, Newsweek cover story – that announced the launch of the Kindle, Amazon.com's new electronic reader. Elsewhere, though, bloggers and commentators have looked ... Read More »

November 21, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Beau travail

By Q&Q jobs

This week on Q&Q's Job Board: Administrative Assistant - Emond Montgomery Publications (Toronto, ON (Yonge & Summerhill)) Print Promotions and Publicity Coordinator - Scholastic Canada (Markham, ON) Book Marketing Coordinator - James Lorimer & Co. ... Read More »

November 7, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Trick or treat! Q&Q Job Board's Hallowe'en edition

By Q&Q jobs

Try these jobs on for size: Senior Editor - Viva Dolan Communications and Design Inc. (Toronto, ON) Book Designer - Owlkids (Toronto, ON) Book Editor - Owlkids (Toronto, ON) Sales & Marketing Manager - TumbleBooks ... Read More »

October 31, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

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