Five Rivers Authors’ Upcoming Events.

July 17, 2010: Lorina will be signing copies of her new fantasy novel, From Mountains of Ice, as well as And the Angels Sang and Shadow Song. Location and Time: Chapters, 873 Lansdowne, Peterborough, ON, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. View Larger Map July 21, 2010: Simon Rose conducts teleclasses with the Children’s Writers Coaching Club at the National Writing for Children Centre. Magic in Stories for Children Part Six: FairMagical Objects, Secret Languages and Mysterious Books….

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Jul 2010

By Lorina StephensAlicia Hendley, Events, Lorina Stephens, Nate HendleyComments Off

Tchotchkes, Latte and Books

If you follow publishing news, you will have read about Indigo expanding into photography. According to Indigo head, Heather Reisman, there is an opportunity here. Sitting here in the backwater of Neustadt, peering out into the world, I cannot help but wonder if, in fact, Heather Reisman isn’t missing an opportunity rather than finding one? Agreed booksales at Indigo have been sliding. But, then again, Indigo have done two things to assist in that sales…

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Jul 2010

By Lorina StephensEspresso, future of publishingComments Off

Nazis from the Moon

Not, I hasten to clarify, a book title coming out from Five Rivers any time soon. We talk in this column about the future of publishing a fair bit, so I thought I would refer readers to a glimpse of one possible future for the movie industry. The producers of Iron Sky have raised 8.5 million from fans who want to see the movie made. They did this by producing a couple of trailers for…

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Jun 2010

By Lorina StephensReviews, RunteComments Off

New Releases, New Position

We’ve been working very hard here at Five Rivers and now have another two books released. The first is from crime-writer Nate Hendley, a revised and updated version of Al Capone: Chicago’s King of Crime. It’s a fresh, personal look at this iconic gangster from Depression Era Chicago, and is now available at Chapters at 24% discount, and Amazon. Over the next three weeks Al Capone will be available at Apple, Barnes and Noble, and…

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Jun 2010

By Lorina StephensA Subtle Thing, Al Capone, Alicia Hendley, Motivate to Create, Nate HendleyComments Off

e-Book Standardization

In this new age of digital everything, more and more there is a need to standardize digital formats in order to build consumer confidence and ease of use. When Sony, RCA or some indie music label produces an album, its released in CD and MP3 formats. The CD is readable by any CD player, just as the digital tracks are readable by any MP3 player, whether it’s on your Blackberry phone, your iPod, or any…

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Jun 2010

By Lorina StephensDigital Books, Views from the Old Stone House1 Comment