Search Results by tag: Harry Potter

The search for the next J.K. Rowling

In The Independent, Nicholas Tucker writes that the search is on for a J.K Rowling for the new generation. He says currently published children's writers won't hit the mark (not even Stephenie Meyer and her ... Read More »

December 12, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

Court ruling doesn’t faze author of Harry Potter encyclopedia

By Steven W. Beattie

You've got to hand it to Steven Vander Ark: the guy's got chutzpah. In September, a Manhattan judge ruled against Vander Ark in a lawsuit launched by mega-selling author J.K. Rowling over a proposed Harry ... Read More »

December 8, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Meyer beats Rowling?

By Scott MacDonald

The Canadian Press is reporting that Canadian sales of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series have begun to outstrip Harry Potter. The news comes via Indigo, which reported this week that sales of the Twilight series have ... Read More »

November 19, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling

Twilight filmmakers have a stake in sticking closely to the book

By Steven W. Beattie

There's an old saw that says never judge a book by its movie. For the makers of Twilight, the upcoming film based on the first book in the gajillion-selling series of teen vampire novels by ... Read More »

November 3, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

The delicate art of audiobook casting

By Stuart Woods

Reporter Nate DiMeo argues that for all the advances of the U.S. audiobook industry, the art of choosing the right readers has yet to be mastered. In an article on Slate, he lists some of ... Read More »

September 19, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

J.K Rowling wins lawsuit; no HP Lexicon to be published

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Harry Potter really is the boy who lived - on and on, in lawsuits pitting J.K. Rowling against a now former fan. In the latest Rowling-related news, a federal judge blocked publication of The Harry ... Read More »

September 9, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Twelve must-haves for booksellers

By Sara Forsyth

Market research firm Nielsen just released a list of the top 12 books that booksellers "cannot afford not to stock." The U.K.'s Telegraph notes that the works of Jane Austen, The Lord of the Rings ... Read More »

August 12, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling

Potter for a quid

By Sara Forsyth

Today, Guardian blogger Nicholas Clee muses on the implications of selling the Harry Potter series at bargain basement prices. This is in light of British supermarket chain Asda's decision to sell Harry Potter and the ... Read More »

July 22, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

And the Libris winners might be….

By Q&Q Staff

This year's Libris Awards, run by the Canadian Booksellers Association, will be given out on Sunday evening, immediately following the closing of the BookExpo Canada trade show for the day. So herewith is the latest ... Read More »

June 12, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

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