Book links roundup: Apple unveils digital textbook app, Penguin pulls...
Apple launches digital textbook service, iBooks 2 Penguin to stop supplying audiobooks to libraries via OverDrive Publishing Perspectives looks at what happens when book publicists go too far Let your...
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Macworld breaks down what iBooks Author means for publishers Frances Greenslade’s Shelter (Knopf Canada) lands on Waterstones’ list of the year’s best debut novels Kobo integrates social e-reading...
View ArticleCanadian literary event roundup: Jan. 20-26
It’s a busy week for literary events. Here’s a sample of what’s going on across the country: Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild presents “Writing North: Writing the Extraordinary,” University of Saskatchewan,...
View ArticleBook links roundup: NBC gets into publishing, spotlight on enhanced ebooks,...
NBC News launches ebook publishing division The Wall Street Journal explores whether enhanced ebooks are “the future of narrative” U.S. National Book Critics Circle announces 2012 awards finalists...
View ArticleBook links roundup: behind bestsellers’ lists, best library scenes from...
A behind-the-scenes look at bestsellers’ lists Video: montage of library scenes from popular movies When e-readers reached a tipping point How poetry editors shape “the most personal and mysterious of...
View ArticleBook links roundup: Oscars get literary, a toast to Robbie Burns, and more
Thirteen 2012 Oscar-nominated movies adapted from books Toast Robbie Burns Day with the Toronto Star’s Scottish beer recommendations Amazon Publishing strikes print licensing agreement with Houghton...
View ArticleBook links roundup: spotlight on Amazon Publishing, OverDrive expands ebook...
Bloomberg Businessweek takes an in-depth look at Amazon Publishing OverDrive adds thousands more titles to library ebook catalogues To preserve national culture, Vladimir Putin plans 100-book reading...
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Naomi K. Lewis wins Colophon Prize
Winnipeg publisher Enfield & Wizenty has awarded its third annual Colophon Prize for Fiction to Naomi K. Lewis for her short story collection, I Know Who You Remind Me Of. Awarded for the best...
View ArticleBook links roundup: City University’s new crime writing MA, why Salman...
City University in London, England, launches first-ever MA in crime writing Jaipur Literature Festival co-director William Dalrymple on why Salman Rushdie’s video link was cancelled French...
View ArticleCanadian literary event roundup: Jan. 27-Feb. 2
Here are just a few of the literary events happening across the country in the next week: Richard Gwyn discusses Nation Maker: Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our Times, Atwater Library, Montreal...
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