Lorina will be selling and signing copies of Shadow Song and Recipes of a Dumb Housewife at: Saturday, March 29, 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., Coles Orangeville, 150 First Street, Orangeville, Ontario L9W 3T7 Saturday, April 26, Noon to 4:00 p.m., Coles Conestoga Mall, 550 King Street North, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 5W6
2008 Book SigningsWe’re ramping up here at Five Rivers for the 2008 book signings of Recipes of a Dumb Housewife, and, Shadow Song. The tentative schedule looks like this: Ø March 29 – Coles, Orangeville, OntarioØ April 26 – Coles, Waterloo, OntarioØ May 31 – Coles, Newmarket, OntarioØ June 28 – Indigo, Richmond Hill, OntarioØ August 30 – Chapters, Markham, OntarioØ September 27 – Chapters, Yonge & Steeles, Ontario As these dates are confirmed we’ll…
Five Rivers now has available e-book editions of Lorina’s books, available through our secure, online catalogue, and through Lorina’s Lulu storefront. All e-books retail for $7.50, and include all the same great features of the print books without the added expense of bulk. Available in .PDF. Use the e-books on your reader or computer.
CBC News reported today Raincoast president/CEO Allan MacDougall’s announcement to close B.C. based Raincoast Books publishing division, thereby marooning several Canadian authors such as Cynthia Nugent (Francesca and the Magic Bike). Nugent is quoted as saying: “Everything I have will cease to be in print, once the ones they have are sold out and the current project has been cancelled.” Raincoast Books were the Canadian printer and distributor of the massive retail phenomenon Harry Potter…
There’s a fascinating new article up at Publisher’s Weekly, which for the first time looks at the world of Print on Demand and authors who are self-publishing in a positive light. In my opinion, clear evidence of the growing acceptance and trend toward bucking the traditional publishing system and allowing readers to be the judge of what they will, and will not, read.