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In defense of free downloads

Sci-fi author Cory Doctorow has always been adamant that making his books available for free online has actually improved sales in hard copy. Currently, on BoingBoing.net, he has an interesting discussion going about Tor Books ... Read More »

July 11, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Linwood Barclay, eating in the library, and why we read things online

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Linwood Barclay novel gets the Richard and Judy nod (CBC.ca) Toronto lifts ban on eating in the library (CBC.ca) The attraction of online reading explained (Slate) The world's most expensive books (Granta) ... Read More »

June 17, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Quotes from the top

By Q&Q Staff

A Monday morning panel discussion at BookExpo Canada, dubbed "View from the Top," drew more than 60 attentive spectators. Moderated by Globe and Mail arts writer James Adams, the panel included four Canadian publishing execs ... Read More »

June 16, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Borders launches Borders.com (again)

By Scott MacDonald

Back in 2001, when the dot-com boom went bust, the U.S. bookstore chain Borders decided to get out of the online bookselling biz and scrapped Borders.com. Now, however, they seem to have thought better of ... Read More »

May 28, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling

This just in: books not doomed after all

By Nathan Whitlock

From the Los Angeles Times: Despite all the hand-wringing by those who claim that literary culture is trapped in a downward spiral, overwhelmed by movies and video games and a 24/7 fixation on Britney Spears' ... Read More »

April 24, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Bookmarks: Rowling’s suicidal thoughts, Clarke’s funeral, and the most annoying people in bookstores

By Nathan Whitlock

We keep meaning to make these cheerier, but they always come out grim.... Some book-related links: J.K. Rowling contemplated suicide after divorce (BBC) Minute of silence in Sri Lanka as Arthur C. Clarke laid to ... Read More »

March 24, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Penguin offers sneak peeks

By Jacob Sheen

Penguin is now offering free downloads of the first chapter of many of its new releases, including titles such as Marina Lewycka's Two Caravans and Janet Evanovich's Plum Lovin'. Colin Brush, senior copywriter at Penguin, ... Read More »

March 18, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

U.K. steps up e-book production

By Scott MacDonald

While the Canadian publishing industry is taking a wait-and-see attitude toward e-books, the U.K. industry seems to be chomping at the bit to get on board. According to The Bookseller, two of the U.K.'s biggest ... Read More »

March 14, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling

Bookmarks: publisher goes paperless, Eminem to tell all, and Holocaust memoir debunked

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: The Hachette Book Group starts using e-books internally (New York) Eminem to "write" memoir (USA Today) Author admits Holocaust memoir was made up (The Boston Globe) Timothy Findley's Pilgrim as an opera ... Read More »

March 3, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Free Bock book

By Jacob Sheen

Random House in the U.S. is offering a free download of Charles Bock's much-hyped debut novel, Beautiful Children, but only until Friday. In a statement released by Random House, Bock said, "I want people to ... Read More »

February 27, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: ebooks

In defense of free downloads

Bookmarks: Linwood Barclay, eating in the library, and why we read things online

Quotes from the top

Borders launches Borders.com (again)

This just in: books not doomed after all

Bookmarks: Rowling’s suicidal thoughts, Clarke’s funeral, and the most annoying people in bookstores

Penguin offers sneak peeks

U.K. steps up e-book production

Bookmarks: publisher goes paperless, Eminem to tell all, and Holocaust memoir debunked

Free Bock book

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