Search Results by tag: OLA

Michael Geist’s covert ties to Amazon

[This post has been updated] The debate surrounding Amazon's planned Canadian expansion has produced many arguments both for (the editorial boards at The Globe and Mail and National Post) and against (the Canadian Booksellers Association, ... Read More »

March 18, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Opinion

Daily book biz round-up, March 15

By Scott MacDonald

What you missed over the weekend: Yet more op-ed pieces about Amazon setting up shop in Canada. Michael Geist argues for. Morley Walker argues against. (Oh, and some writer from the Calgary Herald rips the ... Read More »

March 15, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

The battle over robot toothbrushes

By Eric Emin Wood

Two weeks ago we blogged about Scholastic's controversial misuse of its book clubs, but it would appear that was a mere footnote compared to the uproar generated by the company's Klutz division, which has published ... Read More »

February 24, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Partisan publishing

By Stuart Woods

Slate columnist Timothy Noah takes on a new book by right-wing journalist Jerome R. Corsi, calling it an unambiguous smear-job against presidential hopeful Barack Obama. The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality, ... Read More »

August 15, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Sniffing out dirty books (it’s not what you think)

By Nathan Whitlock

From Scotland's Sunday Herald: Despite fears the internet could kill off the printed word, death by natural causes may be a greater threat to our literary heritage and Scottish scientists are searching for the cure. ... Read More »

April 14, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Harry Potter and the Event Rules and Regulations

By Leigh Anne Williams

With the release of the final Harry Potter novel mere days away, the media frenzy is in full force. In The Globe and Mail on the weekend, publishing reporter James Adams looks at Canadian Potter ... Read More »

July 16, 2007 | Filed under: Events, Industry news

CBC Radio buys a vowel

By Leigh Anne Williams

Fans of Q&Q's Finer Points column may want to check out a new CBC Radio summer program, And Sometimes Y. The half-hour show, which premiered last night and runs over the next two months, is ... Read More »

June 27, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Prev 1 2 34