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Ebook soundtrack startup Booktrack raises another $5 million in funding
Are soundtracks for ebooks the future of digital reading? New Zealand tech startup Booktrack believes there’s a consumer and publisher demand for ebooks with synchronized music and ambient sounds – and...
View ArticleUpdate: Hachette, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins to modify agency agreements...
Publishers Lunch reports that the three publishers opting to settle the antitrust lawsuit launched today by the U.S. Department of… Read More »
View ArticleBook links roundup: Can fictional characters influence people? Florida...
Study finds that fictional characters can influence real-life actions 50 Shades of Grey banned from Florida libraries One of Canada’s… Read More »
View ArticleToronto’s Silver Snail Comics offers sneak peek of Yonge Street store and cafe
Silver Snail Comics co-owner George Zotti is offering the public a video tour of the store’s new home just steps… Read More »
View ArticleBook links roundup: Indigo CEO says physical books are surviving digital age,...
Heather Reisman: physical books still thriving in the digital age Classic books given new looks to lure the “Twilight” generation… Read More »
View ArticleIn the July/August issue of Q&Q: fall’s most anticipated books
FALL PREVIEW A first look at the season’s most anticipated books Fiction: Susan Swan’s long-awaited prequel to The Wives of… Read More »
View ArticleHarlequin faces lawsuit for unpaid digital royalties
It’s fair to say that Harlequin, the world’s leading romance publisher, has also been at the forefront of digital publishing,… Read More »
View ArticleWattpad teams up with Margaret Atwood to launch Atty Awards for international...
Wattpad, a Toronto-based online community for international writers and readers, has put out a call for submissions for its first… Read More »
View ArticleRandom House of Canada launches online magazine as part of digital overhaul
What does a major publishing house look like in the digital age? Random House of Canada has offered one answer… Read More »
View ArticleShelagh Rogers’ multimedia Northwords project brings city-dwelling authors...
Led by CBC Radio’s Shelagh Rogers, five urban Canadian authors spent a week writing and observing life in Northern Labrador.… Read More »
View ArticleAmazon launches digital platform for fan fiction
Amazon announced the launch of Kindle Worlds, a new digital publishing platform for fan fiction, touted as the first legal… Read More »
View ArticleB.C.-based ebook app Shelfie shuts down
Shelfie, the Vancouver-based ebook bundling app formerly known as BitLit, announced on Jan. 30 that it would be shutting down.
View ArticlePersonal Essay: Merilyn Simonds on digital technology and new immersive...
“How do you write?” is a question every writer is asked. The enquiry is entirely practical: “I mean, do you use a computer? A pen and paper?” I used to reply with a puff of pride: “I write with a...
View ArticleEbook revenue up but sales down, according to BookNet Canada survey on...
BookNet Canada has released its fourth annual report on the state of digital publishing in Canada.
View ArticleApple shakes up textbook publishing
Rumours of Apple’s entry into the digital textbook market were confirmed this morning with the announcement of iBooks 2. The… Read More »
View ArticleMetadata, digital rights key themes at Digital Book World
The Digital Book World expo and conference wrapped up in New York City on Thursday, and judging from the number… Read More »
View ArticleWhy ebooks in Quebec are a taxing issue
While NPR urges the world to stop the ebook versus print debate, in Quebec, the debate has shifted to how… Read More »
View ArticleBook links roundup: Top 10 literary frenemies, librarians in pornography, and...
Cervantes’ Don Quixote and D.H. Lawrence’s Gerald Crich among top 10 literary frenemies The Paris Review on librarians in pornography The Globe… Read More »
View ArticlePenguin pulls out of OverDrive, stops ebook sales to libraries
Penguin Group has announced it will no longer provide ebooks to OverDrive, effective immediately. With the termination of the relationship… Read More »
View ArticleBook links roundup: the Kindle Single sweet spot, Margaret Atwood’s new...
Does the Kindle Single occupy a sweet spot between magazine-length articles and hardcover books? Margaret Atwood releases new short story,… Read More »
View ArticleBook links roundup: Encyclopaedia Britannica print edition gets axed, Timothy...
Encyclopaedia Britannica moves to digital only format after 244 years in print CBC Bookie Award nominee Timothy Taylor weighs the… Read More »
View ArticleBook links roundup: CanLit Hunger Games, Kyung-sook Shin wins Man Asian...
Who will win CBC’s CanLit Hunger Games? South Korean author Kyung-sook Shin becomes first woman to win Man Asian Literary… Read More »
View ArticleBook links roundup: National Geographic to launch digital singles, Thoreau...
National Geographic enters the digital shorts market Scientists examine Henry David Thoreau’s journals to track climate change Will the success… Read More »
View ArticleThe Walrus launches new book imprint with Margaret Atwood short story
Zenia, the notorious liar from Margaret Atwood’s 1993 novel The Robber Bride, has resurfaced. Atwood returns to her villainous character… Read More »
View ArticleBook links roundup: Tamara Faith Berger’s provocative prose, Marvel Comics...
Tamara Faith Berger’s new novel explores pornography, virginity, and literature Marvel Comics goes digital with new imprint ReEvolution What makes Times… Read More »
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