Bookmarks: Margaret Atwood on friendship, Stephen King in Toronto, and more

Quillblog, Bookmarks, Margaret Atwood, Stephen King

October 1, 2009 | 2:59 PM | By Stuart Woods

Sundry links from around the Web:

Margaret Atwood, who recently reviewed the novel of a close friend, reflects on weighing truth against friendship
Introducing the vook, Simon & Schuster’s cleverly named hybrid of an e-book and video
Stephen King is coming to Toronto
The debate in Australia over parallel importation rages on. Now, publishers and booksellers are rejecting the “zero day” compromise, which would force publishers to release books at the same time as international editions
Elmore Leonard receives another lifetime achievement award, this time from PEN U.S.A.
Disgruntled booksellers in Hay-on-Wye stage an uprising

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October 22, 2009 | 7:36 am Barbara64 says:

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