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The Washington Post expands book coverage

Starting Jan. 23, The Washington Post is expanding its Sunday book coverage to include two new specialized reviews. The additional coverage is part of The Post's decision to split the Arts and Sunday Style sections, ... Read More »

January 18, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Two views of Arundhati Roy

By Steven W. Beattie

Arundhati Roy, the Booker Prize“winning author of The God of Small Things, has been in the news recently for her outspoken comments about Kashmiri secession from India. Last week, rumours began circulating that the author ... Read More »

November 1, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

The Atlantic kindles a new relationship with Amazon

By Steven W. Beattie

Edna O'Brien, Curtis Sittenfeld, and Paul Theroux are among the writers who will be making their short fiction available exclusively to Kindle users thanks to a new deal between online retailer Amazon.com and the general ... Read More »

December 7, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Barnes & Noble launches world’s biggest e-book store

By Suzanne Gardner

U.S. mega-chain Barnes & Noble announced in a press release yesterday the creation of the world's biggest e-book store comprising "more than 700,000 titles, including hundreds of new releases and bestsellers at only $9.99." Unlike ... Read More »

July 21, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Publishers as the new newsies?

By Steven W. Beattie

There's an interesting piece on the January magazine blog about how the ongoing massacres at traditional newspapers are affecting the way publishers hawk shill promote talk about their books. The piece argues “ correctly, in ... Read More »

July 16, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

The next of Kindle

By Nathan Whitlock

After much fevered expectation on the part of tech-heads, nerds, and people with money to burn, the new Star Trek movie big-ass version of the Kindle has finally arrived. From the Financial Times: Amazon, the ... Read More »

May 6, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

New Kindle may come with King-sized content

By Steven W. Beattie

Today, Amazon has announced the release of Kindle 2, the new version of its popular Kindle e-reader. Priced at U.S.$359, the new version of the device includes an improved display, with 16 different shades of ... Read More »

February 9, 2009 | Filed under: Bookselling

Phil Marchand lands at the National Post

By Nathan Whitlock

Longtime Toronto Star book critic Phil Marchand, who switched jobs with former Star film critic Geoff Pevere at the beginning of this year, has now begun what is being promised as a weekly books column ... Read More »

September 29, 2008

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops deep-sixes positive review of The Golden Compass…. sort of

By Nathan Whitlock

From The Baltimore Sun: Days after its publication, a largely positive review of the film version of The Golden Compass that appeared in Catholic newspapers across the country was retracted this week by the United ... Read More »

December 13, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Fun with Press Releases, or, the latest on the Harry Potter leaks

By Leigh Anne Williams

The Good Ship Harry Potter Information Lockdown continues to spring holes and take on water; now U.S. customers and media outlets have obtained actual physical copies of the book, and a couple -- such as ... Read More »

July 19, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

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Search Results by tag: Newspapers

The Washington Post expands book coverage

Two views of Arundhati Roy

The Atlantic kindles a new relationship with Amazon

Barnes & Noble launches world’s biggest e-book store

Publishers as the new newsies?

The next of Kindle

New Kindle may come with King-sized content

Phil Marchand lands at the National Post

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops deep-sixes positive review of The Golden Compass…. sort of

Fun with Press Releases, or, the latest on the Harry Potter leaks

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