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Lem dead at 84

Between yesterday and today, at least eight major news sources have reported on the death of Polish science-fiction writer Stanislaw Lem. Lem, best known for the novels His Master's Voice and Solaris, which was turned ... Read More »

March 28, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Da Vinci Code trial wraps up

By Scott MacDonald

Hearings for the Dan Brown copyright infringement case wrapped up yesterday, and Sarah Lyall of The New York Times, for her part, thinks she knows who will win. Brown's publisher, Random House, is being sued ... Read More »

March 21, 2006 | Filed under: Book news, Opinion

Da Vinci Code on trial — again

By Scott MacDonald

Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown took to the stand yesterday as the star defence witness in a copyright infringement lawsuit being launched against his publisher, Random House. The claimants this time around are Richard ... Read More »

March 14, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

In Other Media gets emotional about climate change

By Scott MacDonald

Still riding high on a stellar talk delivered last night in Toronto by David Suzuki in which he both predicted imminent environmental collapse unless people change their ways right now and condemned the mainstream media's ... Read More »

February 10, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Winners and losers in the American publishing sweepstakes

By Leigh Anne Williams

New York Times publishing reporter Edward Wyatt has used some BookScan data to identify over- and underachievers among the 2005 crop of American book releases. Doing well is Joan Didion, whose The Year of Magical ... Read More »

December 8, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Speculation begins over Lapham's replacement at Harper's

By Scott MacDonald

Last week, Lewis Lapham announced his decision to step down from his 24-year-long post as editor-in-chief of Harper's, saying to The New York Times, "I have a certain number of years left and a number ... Read More »

November 23, 2005 | Filed under: Book news

The ultimate product placement shot

By Scott MacDonald

A new kids' book to hit the shelves this holiday season marks a troubling trend in literary co-productions. Published by HarperCollins with what appears to be significant input from the fine folks at Saks Fifth ... Read More »

November 15, 2005 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

NYT notices Neil Young Nation

By Leigh Anne Williams

The good news: Kevin Chong's memoir Neil Young Nation, one of Greystone/Douglas & McIntyre's big fall titles, snagged a plum spot in The New York Times Book Review on the weekend. The bad news: the ... Read More »

November 14, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

It's never too late

By Scott MacDonald

At the age of 79, American poet Landis Everson will be publishing his first collection. A recipient of the Emily Dickinson First Book Award, an honour that celebrates the achievements of poets over the age ... Read More »

October 19, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Greasing the hype machine

By Scott MacDonald

A hot topic of conversation in the online literary community is the commercial success of The Traveler, an ambiguously fictional first novel written by the strangely pseudonymed John Twelve Hawks. Climbing the New York Times ... Read More »

September 12, 2005 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: New York Times

Lem dead at 84

Da Vinci Code trial wraps up

Da Vinci Code on trial — again

In Other Media gets emotional about climate change

Winners and losers in the American publishing sweepstakes

Speculation begins over Lapham's replacement at Harper's

The ultimate product placement shot

NYT notices Neil Young Nation

It's never too late

Greasing the hype machine

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