CBC’s ‘Canada Reads’ names its winning novel, just as the United States’ PBS network says it will stage an ambitious eight-part ‘best-loved’ book show of its own. Read More
‘Canada Reads’
What Canada’s Shelfie Data Suggests About Ebook Subscriptions
Penguin Random House ‘holds an effective veto on the success of ebook subscription services,” says Peter Hudson at Vancouver’s Shelfie. Read More
Reading Up on the Holidays: International Book Recommendations
Our international publishing colleagues tell us which books are on their holiday gift lists this year. We wish you happy holidays and a wonderful New Year. Read More
Sisters in Crime on Diversity: Multiculturalism, They Wrote
A writers’ support organization with 50 chapters in the US and Canada looks inward to discover who they are. They’re exploring the difficult mystery of diversity in today’s publishing industry. Read More
Access for the Visually Impaired: Canada’s Accession Places Marrakesh Treaty in Force
Initially signed by 75 nations three years ago, the Marrakesh Treaty ‘to cure the book famine’ for visually impaired readers will come into force September 30: its requisite 20 ratifications now are in place. Read More
Update From Down Under: A Few Words With Australia's Andrea Hanke
With a federal election looming on July 2, the Australian creative industries, including publishing, are roiled by the Productivity Commission’s draft report on intellectual property, with copyright terms, fair use, and parallel import restrictions in debate. Read More
Canada's Wattpad Studios: Aron Levitz
Dealing in what he calls the ‘atomic unit’ — story — Wattpad Studios’ Levitz is ready to ‘give Hollywood the best focus group it never had.’ Read More
Harvard Book Store Partners with Canada’s Shelfie on Bundling Ebooks
Vancouver’s Shelfie program adds Harvard Book Store to the list of cooperative books points in which ebooks are being bundled with print editions. Read More
When Copyright Protections Are Weakened: Canada’s Warning for Australia
As Australia reviews the country’s IP arrangements, Copyright Clearance Center’s Roy Kaufman says Canberra needs to heed Ottawa’s warning. Porter Anderson at Publishing Perspectives. Read More
Jailed ‘Free Saudi Liberals’ Creator Raif Badawi Receives IPA Prix Voltaire
Emphasizing ‘the plight of oppressed publishers and writers,’ the International Publishers Association confers its newly renamed Prix Voltaire on Saudi dissident Raif Badawi. Read More