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Penguin to launch ebook lending pilot with libraries in New York and Brooklyn

Four months after cutting digital ties with libraries, Penguin has greenlighted a year-long pilot project that will see its ebooks loaned out at two New York library systems. Penguin, which pulled its digital titles from ... Read More »

June 21, 2012 | Filed under: Libraries

Book links roundup: Sony launches browser-based e-bookstore, Justice League film back on, and more

By Katie Gowrie

Sony's ebookstore now available through any Web browser Plans for Justice League film revived after Warner Bros. hires writer Will Beall IPG offers DRM-free option for publishers Kelley Armstrong and Bruce McDonald on fantasy and ... Read More »

June 6, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

CBA announces Libris Award nominees

By Stuart Woods

The Canadian Booksellers Association has revealed the shortlists for this year's Libris Awards, which recognize literary achievement as well as behind-the-scenes contributions in the book industry, as voted on by independent booksellers. This year's awards ... Read More »

May 25, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Kobo releases classic novels as digital comics

By Katie Gowrie

Kobo users can now read ebooks like Alice in Wonderland, The Last of the Mohicans, and War of the Worlds as illustrated comics, through a content distribution deal between Kobo and the digital publisher Trajectory. ... Read More »

May 25, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Book links roundup: Carol Burnett gets book deal, Guardian’s hunt for a 10th title, and more

By Katie Gowrie

Carol Burnett to publish memoir about her daughter The Guardian seeks 10th title for First Book Award Which popular trilogy sold 10 million copies in six weeks? Marvel Comics plans wedding issue for gay superhero ... Read More »

May 23, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Q&A: David Balzer on the digital launch of his fiction debut

By Sue Carter

Tonight, David Balzer launches his short fiction ebook Contrivances (Joyland) with MELODRAMZ: A Night of Contrivances, featuring an art show, drag performers, and dancing at the White House Studio Project in Toronto. (Admission is $8 ... Read More »

May 11, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Book links roundup: Can fictional characters influence people? Florida libraries ban 50 Shades of Grey, and more

By Katie Gowrie

Study finds that fictional characters can influence real-life actions 50 Shades of Grey banned from Florida libraries One of Canada's largest used book sales gets underway this week Survey shows ebook popularity is higher among ... Read More »

May 9, 2012 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

Book links roundup: Orwell Prize shortlist, Truman Capote’s typewriter sells at auction, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Orwell Prize revealed shortlist for political writing Truman Capote's typewriter sells for $8,281 Three expat memoirs inspired ... Read More »

April 25, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Shit Girls Say scores book deal with Harlequin

By Sue Carter

Following in the footsteps of Justin Halpern's Shit My Dad Says, the popular Twitter feed and YouTube series Shit Girls Say is the latest Internet meme to be turned into a book. Created by Toronto ... Read More »

April 18, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Book links roundup: reaction to Pulitzer brush off, BNC Tech Forum talks online now, and more

By Natalie Samson

Publishers, authors, and booksellers "howl in outrage" at Pulitzer fiction snub What the Department of Justice antitrust suit will mean for ebook buyers Watch talks by Goodreads' Kyusik Chung, Geomentum's Liz Ross, and Evan Schnittman ... Read More »

April 17, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

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Search Results by tag: ebooks

Penguin to launch ebook lending pilot with libraries in New York and Brooklyn

Book links roundup: Sony launches browser-based e-bookstore, Justice League film back on, and more

CBA announces Libris Award nominees

Kobo releases classic novels as digital comics

Book links roundup: Carol Burnett gets book deal, Guardian’s hunt for a 10th title, and more

Q&A: David Balzer on the digital launch of his fiction debut

Book links roundup: Can fictional characters influence people? Florida libraries ban 50 Shades of Grey, and more

Book links roundup: Orwell Prize shortlist, Truman Capote’s typewriter sells at auction, and more

Shit Girls Say scores book deal with Harlequin

Book links roundup: reaction to Pulitzer brush off, BNC Tech Forum talks online now, and more

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