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Amazon, the iPad, and the culture of reading in an age of distraction

It's like trying to cook when there are little children around. That's the assessment of one David Myers, a 53-year-old system administrator in Atlanta, regarding the experience of reading a book on the Kindle Fire. ... Read More »

March 5, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

J.K. Rowling signs deal for an adult novel; Twitter goes hog wild

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Five years after finishing life at Hogwarts, J.K. Rowling is back with a new publisher and a book deal for her first adult novel. Little, Brown will publish the untitled novel in the U.S. and in ... Read More »

February 23, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

OLA announces 2012 Evergreen Award shortlist

By Sue Carter

The Ontario Library Association has announced its shortlist for the 2012 Evergreen Award, which honours the best in Canadian fiction and non-fiction titles. Selected by a committee of librarians, this year's nominees are: The Accident, ... Read More »

February 13, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Wislawa Szymborska dead at 88

By Steven W. Beattie

Poland's Wislawa Szymborska, the woman the Nobel Prize committee called the "Mozart of poetry," died in her hometown of Krakow on Wednesday. From the Washington Post: She has been called both deeply political and playful, ... Read More »

February 1, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011

By Steven W. Beattie

Critic, gadfly, supporter of the Iraq war, misogynist, atheist. Christopher Hitchens was all these things. He was also one of the most erudite and plain-spoken writers of his day, possessed of intelligence, wit, and interests ... Read More »

December 16, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Weekend reading list: top stories from around our offices

By Sue Carter

Every weekend Q&Q rounds up the highlights from other websites in the St. Joseph Media family. This week's top stories get sporty with the Roller Derby World Cup and Where Canada's top skiing apps. Giving ... Read More »

December 3, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Weekend reading list: top stories from around our offices

By Sue Carter

Every weekend Q&Q rounds up the highlights from other websites in the St. Joseph Media family. This week's top stories include extreme winter activities and a holiday gift guide. Fifteen extreme Canadian winter activities [Where ... Read More »

November 19, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

15 TIFF films for the literary-minded

By Sue Carter

You're not going to get close to Brad Pitt, in town this weekend for the premiere of Moneyball, the adaptation of Michael Lewis's baseball book of the same name, but if you're attending the Toronto ... Read More »

September 9, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up: white Twilight; How to be Alone; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: Either Amazon, Apple, or B&N is lying about their share of the e-book market Twilight novels get virginal white covers for Christmas PEI poet breaks through on YouTube with How to be ... Read More »

August 10, 2010 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

Daily book biz round-up: one million iPads sold; Amazon Associates payola; and more

By Scott MacDonald

A quiet day in the land of book news: Amazon starts paying referral commissions on Kindle book sales One million iPads sold, says Apple Is Amazon's "most-highlighted" tracking creepy and wrong? Comix artist Peter Kuper ... Read More »

May 4, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

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Search Results by tag: OLA

Amazon, the iPad, and the culture of reading in an age of distraction

OLA announces 2012 Evergreen Award shortlist

Wislawa Szymborska dead at 88

Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011

Weekend reading list: top stories from around our offices

Weekend reading list: top stories from around our offices

15 TIFF films for the literary-minded

Daily book biz round-up: white Twilight; How to be Alone; and more

Daily book biz round-up: one million iPads sold; Amazon Associates payola; and more

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