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Book links roundup: Lost Katherine Mansfield story found, Kate Beaton’s world view, and more

Lost Katherine Mansfield short story discovered Kate Beaton's observations on the world we live in Random House to establish ebook distribution service Brazilian author Vanessa de Oliviera makes nude protest against book piracy Ten years ... Read More »

July 23, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Book links roundup: is U.S. publishing born from piracy, visually impaired Canadians address copyright committee, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Is the U.S. publishing industry built on piracy? Visually impaired Canadians address accessibility of print materials at Bill C-11 hearings Stephen Colbert rants about The Lorax's many product tie-ins Hole guitarist Eric Erlandson writes a ... Read More »

February 28, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Penguin pulls out of OverDrive, stops ebook sales to libraries

By Natalie Samson

Penguin Group has announced it will no longer provide ebooks to OverDrive, effective immediately. With the termination of the relationship between the publisher and the U.S. digital content distributor, public libraries are effectively cut off ... Read More »

February 10, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology, Libraries

Best publicity stunt of the day: Lemony Snicket and Seth collaborate on new series

By Sue Carter

Quill & Quire is not in the habit of publishing emails, but this one demands sharing. This afternoon, Q&Q was blind-copied on a correspondence between Vikki VanSickle, marketing and publicity coordinator at HarperCollins Canada, and ... Read More »

February 8, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

Publishing at the polls: federal parties respond to arts and culture questions

By Sue Carter

The Canadian Conference of the Arts sent leaders of the five federal parties a series of questions pertaining to arts and culture, and have posted the responses on its website. All of the parties responded, ... Read More »

April 19, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Publishing at the polls: Copyright reform

By Sue Carter

As Canadians head to the polls on May 2, Q&Q looks at key federal policies affecting the publishing industry. Stay tuned for upcoming features on federal funding, mass digitization, and foreign-ownership regulations. After nearly a ... Read More »

April 7, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news, Libraries, Opinion

Book biz round-up: Canada’s poor copyright rep, and more

By Natalie Samson

Canada lands on the International Intellectual Property Alliance's priority watch list as "haven" for international piracy organizations All-nighter term papers just got a lot trickier: design flaw at University of Calgary's new state-of-the-art library leaves ... Read More »

March 10, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Iraqi books reintroduced abroad

By Alina Seagal

An established Iraqi bookseller and publishing house, al-Muthanna Library, has released its 2009”10 list of titles for sale abroad. Publishing Perspectives reports that new Iraqi books have not appeared on international markets for years. Al-Muthanna ... Read More »

November 9, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

BookNet Canada Tech Forum round-up: pirates, pricing, and social media

By Laura Godfrey

This year's BookNet Canada Technology Forum “ or gathering of beautiful nerds, as Soft Skull Press founder Richard Nash called it “ took place on March 25 at Toronto's MaRS Centre, and involved about 200 ... Read More »

March 29, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

As e-book sales soar, so does piracy

By Steven W. Beattie

"Hardcover sales of my last book were down 20 percent, while e-book sales were up 300 percent." That's what thriller writer John Lescroart told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette recently, although he also referred to himself as ... Read More »

November 30, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: piracy

Book links roundup: Lost Katherine Mansfield story found, Kate Beaton’s world view, and more

Book links roundup: is U.S. publishing born from piracy, visually impaired Canadians address copyright committee, and more

Penguin pulls out of OverDrive, stops ebook sales to libraries

Best publicity stunt of the day: Lemony Snicket and Seth collaborate on new series

Publishing at the polls: federal parties respond to arts and culture questions

Publishing at the polls: Copyright reform

Book biz round-up: Canada’s poor copyright rep, and more

Iraqi books reintroduced abroad

As e-book sales soar, so does piracy

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