The kids at Penguin Random House Canada (PRHC) were shocked – shocked! – this week to learn they worked for …
All the Latest on Random Penguins: Part I
How Much of Life is Luck?
Never having played a hand of poker in her life, the psychologist and writer Maria Konnikova (above) decided to play …
Book Sales Go Nuts
A recent story in Publisher’s Weekly noted that sales of printed books were up 9.5% in the US for the …
It’s All Ed’s Fault
Most times when I think of Ed McNally, I think of him warmly, although I did curse him last spring …
What is a Blurb?
This week, blurbs. The scourge of blurbs. The supposed necessity of blurbs. Let’s define our terms: You need spend only …
Launching into a Hurricane
Blackberry Books opened on Vancouver’s Granville Island in 1979 and seemed to be flourishing until February 5, 2014, when its …
My Last Project with the Great Anne Kingston
Today, Sutherland House released A Perfect Nightmare: My Glittering Marriage and How It Almost Cost Me My Life, by Karen …
Amazon is the Worst – Part II
In our last article, we discussed the impact Amazon has on the sales of physical books and what it could …
Amazon is the Worst
There are a hundred directions we could go with that headline, and there are volumes to be written on Amazon’s …
Bob-Bob-Bobbing Along
I didn’t get a chance to write about Robert Fulford the first time he faked his retirement so I’m doing …