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C.S. Richardson on Book Design

March 9, 2009

BookLounge have posted three really interesting videos of C.S. Richardson, VP, Creative Director at Random House of Canada, discussing the history and practice of book design (clip 1 above). Link

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The e-book Revolution Favours the Agile (But Deep Pockets Help)

February 2, 2009

The publishing industry is finally turning toward “mass digitization”, Matthew Shaer reports in The Christian Science Monitor . But “it’s not the bigger houses, such as Macmillan or HarperCollins, that are moving the fastest” he says. It is agile independent presses — who can make decisions quickly and are “more open-minded when it comes to [...]

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BEC DOA

January 30, 2009

Book Expo Canada is in trouble. The Canadian publishing trade show has been dogged by industry apathy and persistent complaints about high costs, low attendance, and a lack of paying customers for years. But the immediate need to cut costs in the face of the economic downturn — or, at least, see some kind of [...]

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Midweek Miscellany, Jan 21st, 2009

January 21, 2009

The Books are alright — Montreal’s Hugh McGuire (of LibriVox and Book Oven) on the Penguin-sponsored BookCamp in London: If the amount of thought and enthusiasm generated that day — and evening — is any indication, I think we’re going to be OK. The book is alive and well, even if defining “book” is becoming [...]

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Cautious Optimism

December 10, 2008

Books a better buy in Canada? After all the problems caused by the high Canadian dollar in 2007, Canadian publishers and booksellers are “cautiously optimistic” at the start of this year’s holidays according to Vit Wagner in the Toronto Star: “The climate is much better this year,” says [Nancy] Frater, proprietor of the Orangeville store [...]

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