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As we countdown to the announcement of Apple’s tablet and the much-hyped possibility that it will revolutionize/dominate the growing ebook market, I thought I’d share some of my own ebook news. Wizards of the Coast is moving into making more of their novels available for ebook readers and two of mine are available now! Buy [...]
Over at Fantasy Author’s Handbook, editor and author Phil Athans has made a weekly habit of posting interesting and insightful articles on the writer’s (and occasionally the editor’s) craft. In this week’s post, he listed his Ten Favourite Fantasy Novels. It’s an enjoyable list — a little summary of each books with an explanation of [...]
Get your minds out of the gutter.
I stripped books for the first time tonight at my part-time bookstore job. For those of you who don’t know, mass market books are “returned” to the publisher by tearing off the front cover, returning that for credit, then recycling the rest of the book. Yes, horribly wasteful, etc. [...]
This is fun. HarperCollins Canada has launched the 2009 edition of their March Madness literary smackdown. Basically it’s a championship for books. Fun and you have a chance to win all 64 featured books. Go in and check it out!
Here are some of my favourites - you may notice a slight bias to genre books [...]
Well, I’ve just watched Barack Obama’s inauguration. That was quite an inspiring moment. Great speech, nice pageantry without being over the top.
I’m pleased I watched it live. People talk about remembering Kennedy’s assassination or whatever. This is one I’ll remember.
Oh my god - I’m just listening to Frank McKenna, former Canadian ambassador doing commentary on [...]
Have I said enough good things about Lesley Livingston’s Wondrous Strange? No? If you don’t believe me, check out the sample online at HarperCollins here.
(And by the by, today’s subject line is brought to you by the labels my grandfather always put on his homemade wine.)
This is a good month coming up for books. Not that there aren’t lots of good books coming out for the shopping frenzy, but there are four specifically that I’m looking forward to. You’ve all heard me rave about Lesley Livingston’s Wondrous Strange (and I’m not the only one now — go to the site [...]