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Random House of Canada launches online magazine as part of digital overhaul

What does a major publishing house look like in the digital age? Random House of Canada has offered one answer with today's launch of a multifaceted digital strategy that includes an online magazine (known as ... Read More »

August 23, 2012 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

Spring preview 2012: Canadian non-fiction

By Natalie Samson

In the January/February issue, Q&Q looks ahead at the spring season's new books. MEMOIR AND BIOGRAPHY Revolutionary activity in the Middle East and North Africa has created an appetite for stories about life in these ... Read More »

January 10, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Preview

Aussie readers asked for input about future of publishing

By Steven W. Beattie

Last week, the Internet behemoth Google launched its e-book sales site, Google eBooks, in the U.S. The e-book market is now crowded with offerings from Amazon, Kobo, Apple, and Sony, which in turn has spawned ... Read More »

December 13, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Daily book biz round-up: Borders pop-up stores; Kobo goes wireless; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: Borders comes up with terrifying new strategy: seasonal pop-up stores Kobo finally introduces wireless e-reader Annabel Lyon names ... Read More »

September 29, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks: a small town book tour, inappropriate books for kids, and Walt Whitman selling jeans

By Alison Potstra

Bookish links from across the Web: Test your celebrity poet knowledge over at Details and guess which verses have been written by Michael Jackson, Mr. Spock, Jewel, or William Butler Yeats Battle of the sexes, poetry ... Read More »

November 10, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Alice Munro = Oscars gold

By Stuart Woods

Canadian talent fared well in this year's Oscar nominations, announced this morning. And in case you needed an excuse to catch the February 24 ceremony “ if it happens “ there's a publishing tie-in, too. ... Read More »

January 22, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

Freedom Day at the Q&Q home office

By Leigh Anne Williams

Our undying thanks to the Friends of Q&Q who managed to smuggle a small carton of the new Stephen Colbert ice cream all the way from Rochester, New York, to our downtown Toronto HQ. Ice ... Read More »

April 12, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Dude's all like "vengeance is mine" and shit

By Leigh Anne Williams

In The New Yorker, Daniel Radosh looks at the business of Bible publishing, concentrating on the Nashville-based giant Thomas Nelson Publishers. Of particular interest to Radosh is the brand extension strategy -- keeping the Bible ... Read More »

December 11, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Supreme Court sends Robertson and the Globe back to court

By Leigh Anne Williams

Author and writer Heather Robertson's long-running class-action lawsuit against The Globe and Mail took one more step on Thursday toward -- well, toward something. Ten years ago, Robertson took the Globe to court because the ... Read More »

October 12, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Co-operation makes it happen

By Scott MacDonald

The current issue of Fast Company magazine reports the story of Berrett-Koehler, a press with an innovative approach to publishing. Based in San Francisco, the 13-year-old publishing house operates on the principle of collaboration. In ... Read More »

December 1, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

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Search Results by tag: strategy

Random House of Canada launches online magazine as part of digital overhaul

Spring preview 2012: Canadian non-fiction

Aussie readers asked for input about future of publishing

Daily book biz round-up: Borders pop-up stores; Kobo goes wireless; and more

Bookmarks: a small town book tour, inappropriate books for kids, and Walt Whitman selling jeans

Alice Munro = Oscars gold

Freedom Day at the Q&Q home office

Dude's all like "vengeance is mine" and shit

Supreme Court sends Robertson and the Globe back to court

Co-operation makes it happen

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