Search Results by tag: digital publishing

Penguin pulls out of OverDrive, stops ebook sales to libraries

Penguin Group has announced it will no longer provide ebooks to OverDrive, effective immediately. With the termination of the relationship between the publisher and the U.S. digital content distributor, public libraries are effectively cut off ... Read More »

February 10, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology, Libraries

Book links roundup: Top 10 literary frenemies, librarians in pornography, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Cervantes' Don Quixote and D.H. Lawrence's Gerald Crich among top 10 literary frenemies The Paris Review on librarians in pornography The Globe and Mail explores life between the bookshelves Terrible Minds gives "25 reasons writers are bug-fuck nuts" ... Read More »

February 8, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Why ebooks in Quebec are a taxing issue

By Sue Carter

While NPR urges the world to stop the ebook versus print debate, in Quebec, the debate has shifted to how digital titles are taxed, and what constitutes a "real book." According to Montreal's The Gazette, ... Read More »

February 2, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Metadata, digital rights key themes at Digital Book World

By Sue Carter

The Digital Book World expo and conference wrapped up in New York City on Thursday, and judging from the number of tweets with the #dbw12 hashtag, it was an engaging and informative event. Metadata, digital ... Read More »

January 26, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Apple shakes up textbook publishing

By Sue Carter

Rumours of Apple's entry into the digital textbook market were confirmed this morning with the announcement of iBooks 2. The latest version of Apple's e-reading platform focuses on media-rich, interactive digital textbooks designed for the ... Read More »

January 19, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Spring preview 2012: Canadian non-fiction

By Natalie Samson

In the January/February issue, Q&Q looks ahead at the spring season's new books. MEMOIR AND BIOGRAPHY Revolutionary activity in the Middle East and North Africa has created an appetite for stories about life in these ... Read More »

January 10, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Preview

Book links roundup: 2011 Canadian bestsellers, Apple self-publishing rumours, and more

By Sue Carter

Random House of Canada and Penguin Canada lead Canadian entries on the 2011 Globe & Mail bestsellers' list Is Apple launching a digital self-publishing program? Kitty lit: reimagined classics from The Sound and the Furry ... Read More »

January 4, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Margaret Atwood illustrates In Other Worlds e-book

By Sue Carter

Nan A. Talese, an imprint of Doubleday U.S., is previewing illustrations from the e-book version of Margaret Atwood's essay collection In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination (McClelland & Stewart). What's most notable about ... Read More »

November 22, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology

Pop Sandbox launches interactive film version of The Next Day

By Sue Carter

Toronto transmedia company Pop Sandbox has launched an interactive Web version of The Next Day, which chronicles the stories of four suicide-attempt survivors. The animated online documentary, a co-production with the National Film Board, accompanies ... Read More »

November 21, 2011 | Filed under: Books of the Year, Digital publishing and technology

“Giller effect” boosts e-book sales of Half-Blood Blues

By Sue Carter

The so-called "Scotiabank Giller Prize effect" is already helping e-book numbers for Esi Edugyan's Half-Blood Blues (Thomas Allen Publishers). Yesterday, Half-Blood Blues was listed 3,376 on Amazon's bestsellers list for Kindle e-books. As of noon ... Read More »

November 9, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Digital publishing and technology

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