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Nebraska library adopts CC

Mark one small victory for supporters of Creative Commons, the alternative licensing protocol that gives authors more freedom to dictate restrictions on their work. As reported on the Nebraska Library Commission blog, several CC titles ... Read More »

February 21, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Fresh starts here

By Q&Q jobs

This week on Q&Q's Job Board: Editorial Assistant (one-year contract) - Penguin Group (Canada) (Toronto, ON) Editorial Assistant - Penguin Group (Canada) (Toronto, ON) National Sales Representative - Emond Montgomery Publications (Yonge & Summerhill, Toronto) ... Read More »

February 14, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

The latest on Q&Q’s Job Board

By Q&Q jobs

This week on Q&Q's Job Board: Manager, Special Sales and Rights - Robert Rose Inc. (Downtown Toronto) Permission Liaison - Access Copyright (Toronto, ON) Affiliate Liaison - Access Copyright (Toronto, ON) Commissioning Editor - Penguin ... Read More »

February 6, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Is the e-book revolution half-empty or half-full?

By Stuart Woods

Bad news, folks: new technology like the Kindle will enable the greedy, unruly masses to bankrupt the publishing industry as we know it. Glum futurist and TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington sounds the death knell on ... Read More »

December 4, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Not all lost books are happy to be found

By Nathan Whitlock

When lost books by well-known authors are found, it is usually an occasion for celebration. Not in the case of a non-fiction book about oil exploration written by Wallace Stegner, an award-winning novelist and creative ... Read More »

December 3, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Doctorow to publishers: learn to share, dummies!

By Stuart Woods

With all the hoopla surrounding the launch of the Kindle, Amazon's portable e-book reader, it's easy to forget that for some authors the digital revolution has already happened. First among them would be science-fiction author ... Read More »

November 20, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Spider-Man, Superman conquer the Internet

By Stuart Woods

Ever notice that kids these days just aren't into ol' fashioned, ink-and-paper comic books? Well, apparently comics publishers have, and they're worried that new fangled technologies like the Web and video games are diverting kids ... Read More »

November 13, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

The really real Raymond Carver stories?

By Nathan Whitlock

There's a battle brewing over a plan by Raymond Carver's widow to publish a book of 17 Carver stories, The New York Times reports. Tess Gallager wants to publish the stories from Carver’s breakout 1981 ... Read More »

October 18, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Harry Potter and the Online Leak

By Leigh Anne Williams

In the unlikely event that you missed it, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows appears to have been leaked online. (Note: neither of the stories linked to in the previous sentence actually contain spoilers.) All ... Read More »

July 18, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Goldman family acquires the rights to O.J. Simpson book

By Nathan Whitlock

The family of Ron Goldman has acquired the rights to the controversial O.J . Simpson book about the murders of his wife, Nicole Brown-Simpson and Goldman, The Guardian reports. The book, which was titled If ... Read More »

July 4, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

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