Search Results by tag: Marvel

Daily book biz round-up: Penguin and Amazon make up; Garrison Keillor gets piled on; and more

More news from around the Web: The New York Times takes stock of BookExpo America Penguin and Amazon finally reconcile their differences. Aww! Chinese author sues Google for scanning her book. Good luck with that ... Read More »

May 27, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Excelsior! Disney buys Marvel

By Steven W. Beattie

What do Bambi and Wolverine have in common? If all goes according to plan, they'll both soon be part of the Disney family. According to The Wall Street Journal's Market Watch website, the deal, which ... Read More »

August 31, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Capes and tights save publishing

By Steven W. Beattie

Spider-Man has already saved incoming president Barack Obama; he's now poised to save the entire publishing industry. In the midst of the gigantic economic clusterfuck global financial meltdown at the end of 2008, one segment ... Read More »

January 12, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Spider-Man, Superman conquer the Internet

By Stuart Woods

Ever notice that kids these days just aren't into ol' fashioned, ink-and-paper comic books? Well, apparently comics publishers have, and they're worried that new fangled technologies like the Web and video games are diverting kids ... Read More »

November 13, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Fun with press releases (Choose Your Own Adventure edition)

By Leigh Anne Williams

Word is that the much-loved – er, well, much-remembered – Choose Your Own Adventure books are about to relaunch with a new series (with Canadian Manda distributing in Canada). So it only makes sense that ... Read More »

April 5, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Extra-curricular activities

By Nathan Whitlock

Just in case you missed it over the Christmas break, Toronto Star columnist Joey Slinger points out that Prime Minister Stephen Harper wrote an article for the Star on Dec. 23 about the 100th anniversary ... Read More »

January 5, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

DIY comix for dummies

By Scott MacDonald

With hundreds of thousands of books being published each year and many of those being lacklustre, self-published books are often seen as ones that all conventional publishers refuse to touch -- many say for good ... Read More »

February 22, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

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