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Buy now, buy later?

Why do publishers cling to the hardcover-first, then-to-trade paper model for so many titles, even ones that appeal to more cash-strapped young consumers? That's the question Laura Miller poses in her latest New York Times ... Read More »

September 20, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

The smell of our own

By Leigh Anne Williams

The Guardian reports that Laura Tonnato, an Italian perfume creator, has come up with five new scents designed to evoke specific moments in classic novels. The ones that get the olfactory treatment are Wilde's The ... Read More »

September 20, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

Tattoo you

By Leigh Anne Williams

There's been more ink spilled in the mainstream press on Doug Pepper's plans to reshape McClelland & Stewart since taking over as president earlier this year. Judy Stoffman writes in the Toronto Star that Pepper ... Read More »

September 7, 2004 | Filed under: Events

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

Non-fiction and fiction, back to your corners

By Leigh Anne Williams

The decline of the fiction market continues to be felt internationally -- at least, according to author Philip Hensher, who writes in The Observer about British publishing's increasing emphasis on non-fiction. To support this claim, ... Read More »

August 30, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

We all begin in a little magazine

By Leigh Anne Williams

Traditionally, literary journals have been the place where young fiction writers hone their chops, and with the decline of the first-novel market, especially in Canada, the litmags' importance may rise again. Sven Birkets writes about ... Read More »

August 30, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

The trouble with kids' books

By Leigh Anne Williams

Is there an adult conspiracy to jolt kids from their peaceful childhoods by foisting depressing books on them? Laura Miller suggests there is in this New York Times piece, which decries the rise of afterschool ... Read More »

August 23, 2004 | Filed under: Book news, Opinion

From blurbese to reviewerese and back again

By Leigh Anne Williams

The book world has a language all of its own, writes Tom Payne in this very amusing Telegraph piece about the words and phrases unique to that language. Payne even compiles a long list of ... Read More »

August 23, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

On reading Dick

By Leigh Anne Williams

In a piece for the Maisonneuve website, Toronto novelist Michel Basilières considers the legacy of science fiction legend Philip K. Dick. For mainstream audiences, Dick is best known as the writer whose work inspired films ... Read More »

August 16, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

The school of rocklit

By Leigh Anne Williams

It may be true, as Michael Hearst claims, that "all writers want to be rock stars." But do they truly have rock within them? That's one question posed by this Carl Wilson feature in the ... Read More »

August 16, 2004 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

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Buy now, buy later?

The smell of our own

Tattoo you

O Susanna

Non-fiction and fiction, back to your corners

We all begin in a little magazine

The trouble with kids' books

From blurbese to reviewerese and back again

On reading Dick

The school of rocklit

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