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Book links roundup: World Book Day, Apple launches comics iBookstore section, and more

UNESCO celebrates reading, writers, and illustrators with World Book Day Apple launches comics and graphic novel section in the iBookstore Acorn media to control Agatha Christie's literary estate The rise of little libraries, DIY reading ... Read More »

March 1, 2012 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

Investigating the dirty business of plagiarized erotica on Amazon

By Sue Carter

Fast Company has a fascinating article about the volume of plagiarized erotica on Amazon's Kindle Select self-publishing platform. According to the story, small press owner and erotica author Sharazade, suspicious of another top-selling author, Maria ... Read More »

January 13, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Book links round-up: Sarah Palin is not one of the Common people, Random House U.K. signs to agency model, and more

By Sue Carter

Sarah Palin creates outrage over the White House inviting rapper Common to its Evening of Poetry Random House U.K. signs to agency model, with over 6,000 titles to appear in the iBookstore E-bookseller iFlow shuts ... Read More »

May 11, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Random House titles now available at U.S. iBookstore, not in Canada

By Sue Carter

At Wednesday's launch of the iPad 2 in San Francisco, Apple CEO Steve Jobs confirmed that 17,000 titles from Random House U.S. will now be available in Apple's iBookstore. Titles began appearing on the iBooks ... Read More »

March 3, 2011 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Daily book biz round-up: Starbucks books; Ian Tyson cashes in; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: Starbucks teams with iBookstore for new Wi-Fi digital network Ian Tyson says he wrote new memoir solely "for the money" College students still love expensive, back-breaking textbooks, says NY Times Is there ... Read More »

October 20, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Canadian iBookstore under federal review

By Stuart Woods

University of Ottawa professor Michael Geist is reporting that the Canadian iBookstore is being reviewed by the federal government under the country's cultural investment policy. According to Privy Council Office documents, an order authorizing the ... Read More »

September 9, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up: Yann Martel heads to Europe; Harry Potter heads to Orlando; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Scoops! Lots of 'em! On the eve of Yann Martel's European tour, the Guardian runs a not-so-nice account of the genesis of Beatrice and Virgil Meanwhile, Martel gets moral support from author of The Boy ... Read More »

June 8, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Daily book biz round-up: Stieg Larsson big in digital; new iPhone to include iBookstore; and more

By Scott MacDonald

News to round out your week with: Almost 30% of first-week sales of Stieg Larsson's The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest are e-books A refreshingly candid response to The New Yorker's 20 Under 40 ... Read More »

June 4, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Daily book biz round-up: Mankell okay; librarians do Gaga; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Your mid-week links party: Apple to face wild west shoot-out in Texas? Henning Mankell okay; calls for sanctions against Israel James Ellroy makes Montreal journalists cower before him Yet more petty behavior by authors in ... Read More »

June 2, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Daily book biz round-up: Crown restructured; Nancy Drew turns 80; and more

By Scott MacDonald

A spot of book news to close out the week: Maya Mavjee announces Crown restructuring Penguin comes out on top in iBookstore stats A look at Robert J. Sawyer's Mississauga office Nancy Drew: 80 years ... Read More »

April 30, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

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Search Results by tag: iBookstore

Book links roundup: World Book Day, Apple launches comics iBookstore section, and more

Investigating the dirty business of plagiarized erotica on Amazon

Book links round-up: Sarah Palin is not one of the Common people, Random House U.K. signs to agency model, and more

Random House titles now available at U.S. iBookstore, not in Canada

Daily book biz round-up: Starbucks books; Ian Tyson cashes in; and more

Canadian iBookstore under federal review

Daily book biz round-up: Yann Martel heads to Europe; Harry Potter heads to Orlando; and more

Daily book biz round-up: Stieg Larsson big in digital; new iPhone to include iBookstore; and more

Daily book biz round-up: Mankell okay; librarians do Gaga; and more

Daily book biz round-up: Crown restructured; Nancy Drew turns 80; and more

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