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Corporate Dithering at Indigo

If you haven’t already heard, you shortly will that Indigo has flipped its digital book identity as of midnight December 14, now branding itself Kobo (an anagram of book) instead of Shortcovers. In the very short year Indigo’s digital book service has been in operation, it’s been plagued with mismanagement, lack of vision and poor communication with its publishing partners, particularly indie publishers. Five Rivers signed up for Shortcovers within weeks of Shortcovers launch, and…

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15
Dec 2009
By Lorina StephensInformation, Views from the Old Stone HouseComments Off on Corporate Dithering at Indigo

Dr. Peter Watts, Canadian Science Fiction Writer, Arrested at US Border

Reprinted from Cory Doctorow’s blog, Boing Boing at: http://www.boingboing.net/2009/12/11/dr-peter-watts-canad.html#more My friend, the wonderful sf writer Peter Watts was beaten without provocation and arrested by US border guards on Tuesday. I heard about it early Wednesday morning in London and called Cindy Cohn, the legal director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. She worked her contacts to get in touch with civil rights lawyers in Michigan, and we mobilized with Caitlin Sweet (Peter’s partner) and David Nickle…

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11
Dec 2009
By Lorina StephensViews from the Old Stone House1 Comment

Baby It’s Cold Outside

At least in Canada it is. It’s a blustery, third day of snow squall warnings, -11 Celsius (wind chill of -19). Wind is from the north, north-west at 20km/hr. There’s 46 cm of snow on the ground where it hasn’t drifted into a frozen version of a sand desert. Dawn banishes the night, a transition from black to grey. The world is a study of muted monochrome, like a Victorian pen and ink sketch. Still…

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11
Dec 2009
By Lorina StephensRecipes, Views from the Old Stone HouseComments Off on Baby It’s Cold Outside

Another Successful Stop on the Fall Tour

It was another successful book signing yesterday at Chapters, Stone Road Mall, Guelph, Ontario yesterday. We sold one third of the stock of From Mountains of Ice, made some new contacts, and developed two eager fans (hi, Aerius and Erin!) Huge thanks go to Sherrill and Sean at Chapters, as well as all the terrific staff, for their support and professionalism in what was a busy shopping day. Friday I’ll be at Smith Books, Heritage…

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06
Dec 2009
By Lorina StephensEvents, From Mountains of IceComments Off on Another Successful Stop on the Fall Tour

The Little Book that Could

When Paul Lima came to me with his book, How to Write a Non-fiction Book in 60 Days, I thought sure, why not, although I must admit to some skepticism that the book would do well. With literally tens of thousands of books out there on the craft of writing, written by people with far more public profile than Paul (sorry, Paul, but it’s hard to compete with the likes of Stephen King et al),…

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04
Dec 2009
By Lorina StephensBooks, How to Write a Non-fiction Book in 60 Days, Paul LimaComments Off on The Little Book that Could