Industry news

War over e-books heats up

If publishers were nervous about the future of the industry before, they've gotta be outright terrified now. Over the past few days, some of the most time-honoured practices of the business have been challenged or ... Read More »

December 16, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news

Anne Collins promoted at Random House; Diane Martin taking reduced role

By Scott MacDonald

Mere days after Random House of Canada announced the imminent departure of Doubleday Canada publisher Maya Mavjee, more top-level changes have been unveiled. The big news is that Anne Collins, vice-president and publisher of the ... Read More »

December 16, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Neither a seller nor a buyer be

By Scott MacDonald

According to a report in The Guardian, a U.K. arts minister is proposing that the nation's libraries take the unprecedented step of becoming booksellers as well as lenders: Libraries risk sleepwalking through the century unless ... Read More »

December 2, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Google backs away from public debate over Book Search settlement

By Scott MacDonald

Now that Google has amended its proposed Book Search settlement and made numerous concessions to its critics, you'd think it might be more open to publicly discussing the settlement. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, ... Read More »

November 18, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Crabtree on the mend

By Scott MacDonald

The St. Catharines, Ontario-based children's house Crabtree Publishing appears to be on the mend after a difficult few years. According to the St. Catharines Standard, the company recently received a $385,640 grant from the federal ... Read More »

November 11, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Toronto library workers strike averted?

By Scott MacDonald

Earlier today, Toronto Public Library city librarian Jane Pyper sent a brief memo to staff announcing that the TPL board has come to a tentative agreement with the Toronto Public Library Workers' Union Local 4948, ... Read More »

November 4, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Ang Lee to adapt Life of Pi

By Scott MacDonald

According to The Bookseller, Yann Martel's crazy popular Man Booker-winning Life of Pi is finally going before the cameras, courtesy of Brokeback Mountain director Ang Lee. Filmmakers such as M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense), ... Read More »

October 29, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Cormorant lands book by Toronto mayor David Miller

By Scott MacDonald

According to a press release sent out earlier this afternoon, the Toronto-based Cormorant Books has signed a deal with soon-to-be-ex-mayor David Miller. Witness to a City: David Miller's Toronto, which Miller will write with the ... Read More »

October 21, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

The sound of The Book of Negroes

By Scott MacDonald

If you've travelled on the subway in Toronto over the past few days, you may have noticed an odd new promotional campaign by HarperCollins Canada centred around Lawrence Hill's The Book of Negroes and three ... Read More »

October 16, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Does Kindle hate Canada?

By Scott MacDonald

It seems that the Kindle is finally going international. This morning, Amazon announced that it will begin shipping a new version of the e-reading device that will be able to download content wirelessly over AT&T's ... Read More »

October 7, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

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