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Harvard library director says the book is NOT dead

Despite Google's "colonization of e-books," the advent of the Kindle Reader, and today's publication of The Lost Symbol, Harvard University's library director, Robert Darnton, argues in Publisher's Weekly that the book is not dead, nor shall ... Read More »

September 15, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: McNally Robinson makes people mad, Ray Bradbury raises money, and more

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book related links: Some Calgarians are still angry at McNally Robinson for leaving. Slate's Fred Kaplan explains why he wrote a whole book about the year 1959. A sneak peek at Edith Wharton's lost ... Read More »

June 22, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Harlequin rakes in cash for ailing Torstar

By Scott MacDonald

Harlequin parent company Torstar has just released its fourth-quarter results for 2008, and things look pretty bad: the company lost $211.2-million during the period, mostly via its stake in CTV/Globemedia. The one bright spot for ... Read More »

February 26, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: More layoffs at Random House U.S., the credit crunch, and Richard Price’s behind

By Stuart Woods

Sundry links from the Web: More wreckage at Random House U.S.: Pantheon Books publisher Janice Goldklang is laid off after 25 years with the company. How well do you know crime fiction? Take the Ceeb's ... Read More »

January 9, 2009 | Filed under: Book links

Tom King ain’t goin’ to Ottawa

By Scott MacDonald

Though the NDP made significant inroads in last night's election, it wasn't enough to propel Thomas King into a seat in Parliament. The renowned author and budding politico lost badly in his hometown riding of ... Read More »

October 15, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

Time to retire Catcher in the Rye?

By Scott MacDonald

There's an internet debate a'brewin' over the merits of that perennial high school syllabus placeholder The Catcher in the Rye. Over at Good Magazine, Anne Trubek makes an impassioned plea to replace it with something ... Read More »

August 27, 2008 | Filed under: Book culture

Bookmarks: donated books, sci-fi nostalgia, robot librarians, and Looney Tunes

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Winnipeg women's group sends more than 5,000 books to Nunavut (Winnipeg Free Press) Is sci-fi too nostalgic? (i09.com) Robotic librarian wreaks havoc dispenses books in rural California (The Sacramento Bee) Library patron ... Read More »

August 25, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Douglas Coupland finds Terry Fox’s van

By Nathan Whitlock

Seriously. The story is that Terry's brother Darrell asked Coupland “ who put together a book-length tribute, Terry, in 2005 “ to keep an eye out for the van, which most people had lost track ... Read More »

May 20, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

Amazon wins privacy battle

By Nathan Whitlock

From the Associated Press: Federal prosecutors have withdrawn a subpoena seeking the identities of thousands of people who bought used books through online retailer Amazon.com Inc., newly unsealed court records show. The withdrawal came after ... Read More »

November 28, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Pottermania lives on

By Leigh Anne Williams

Those who plowed through Deathly Hallows in a matter of days and are now suffering Potter withdrawal might be interested to know that there seems to be some kind of Potter academic/fan conference in town ... Read More »

August 2, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

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Search Results by tag: Lost

Harvard library director says the book is NOT dead

Bookmarks: McNally Robinson makes people mad, Ray Bradbury raises money, and more

Harlequin rakes in cash for ailing Torstar

Bookmarks: More layoffs at Random House U.S., the credit crunch, and Richard Price’s behind

Tom King ain’t goin’ to Ottawa

Time to retire Catcher in the Rye?

Bookmarks: donated books, sci-fi nostalgia, robot librarians, and Looney Tunes

Douglas Coupland finds Terry Fox’s van

Amazon wins privacy battle

Pottermania lives on

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