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Fun with Press Releases, or, the latest on the Harry Potter leaks

The Good Ship Harry Potter Information Lockdown continues to spring holes and take on water; now U.S. customers and media outlets have obtained actual physical copies of the book, and a couple -- such as ... Read More »

July 19, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Harry Potter and the Online Leak

By Leigh Anne Williams

In the unlikely event that you missed it, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows appears to have been leaked online. (Note: neither of the stories linked to in the previous sentence actually contain spoilers.) All ... Read More »

July 18, 2007 | Filed under: Industry 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

Bethune on Roberts

By Leigh Anne Williams

Maclean's books columnist Brian Bethune has posted a blog entry on the Paul William Roberts plagiarism controversy. (Quick recap: a few passages in Roberts' book A War Against Truth were found to have been lifted ... Read More »

February 8, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Harry Potter and the Lawyerly Embargoes

By Leigh Anne Williams

Let the media frenzy and the court injunctions begin: the publication date for the seventh and final Harry Potter novel has been announced. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will hit bookstore shelves worldwide – ... Read More »

February 1, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

On the uncertain future of Canadian publishing

By Scott MacDonald

Stephen Henighan's latest column in Geist magazine, this one on the importance of Canadian-owned publishers, begins with the alarming prediction of a literary agent: that there will be no Canadian-owned publishers in 20 years, only ... Read More »

January 25, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

O Susanna

By Leigh Anne Williams

Bloomsbury (and Canadian distributor Raincoast) seem to have had some success with their "Harry Potter for adults" advance marketing hook for Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. How else to explain the waves of media attention ... Read More »

September 7, 2004 | Filed under: Uncategorized

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