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While the panelists were on their best behaviour today, this morning Q&Q received a press release from Gabriel Fritzen, a German-Canadian who is demanding an apology from panelist Anne-France Goldwater and the CBC for “libelling survivors of Iran’s holocaust,” after Goldwater suggested on Monday’s show that Marina Nemat’s memoir, The Prisoner of Tehran, was not a truthful account of her experiences in an Iranian prison.
Sue Carter Flinn / Quill & Quire

Working in secret, behind an unmarked door in a former bread bakery, they rushed to build a device that might capture the imagination of readers and maybe even save the book industry.
Julie Bosman - New York Times

As one of the oldest independent publishers in Canada, Goose Lane Editions celebrates story, ideas and cultural expressions. 26 years into it, Scriver still finds very new book a thrill. “Publishing in its most basic definition means ‘making public,’” she says. “In some ways, the print book holds and some manner defines the content….”
Shannon Webb-Campbell/The Telegraph-Journal

Harper Perennial’s model isn’t unique, but it’s an intriguing case study in what an imprint needs to do to distinguish itself in an increasingly stratified market. What it does is innovative and exciting, but also traditional.
Kevin Canfield/Salon

Adjusting for inflation, consumer purchases of magazines decreased by 22 per cent between 2001 and 2008, according to the study, dropping from $801-million to $623-million. The report, prepared by Hill Strategies Research of Hamilton for the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and Canadian Heritage, is based on a survey conducted by Statistics Canada of the expenditures of almost 10,000 households.
Jane Adams/The Globe and Mail

Okay Booknet, you can stop throwing things anytime you want. I don’t really know if you can vilify them, or not, but I know they have Google alert because I’ve written about them before. Fine, I get it, agents scour Booknet to see how crappy my sales are and then sign some canoe paddling Canadian forest ranger who stubbed their toe in Manitoba and was lost in the woods for four hours. I get it. I’m not anti-Booknet, I just thought I’d be relevant.

Describing the imprint, [Chris] Ying said, “We’re trying to make something that appeals not only to foodies, but to readers who appreciate good writing and art in general.”
Lynn Andriani /Publishers Weekly

That’s where hiring a great freelance publicist with knowledge of social media and online reading communities comes into play, not someone to aggressively market your book so much as someone who can help spread the word on your behalf, and, where appropriate, make introductions that could result in meaningful coverage.
Samantha Haywood/Open Book Toronto