Engadget featured “exclusive” pictures of Microsoft’s Courier, a tablet/ereader–now called a “digital journal–that the company is working on.Link Amazon is said to have e-mailed its Colorado-based affiliates to notify them that their relationship with the etailer has been severed as of March 8 as the result of new state legistation “to impose sales tax regulations on online retailers.” The company writes: “The new regulations do not require online retailers to collect sales tax. Instead, they are clearly intended to increase the compliance burden to a point where online retailers will be induced to ‘voluntarily’ collect Colorado sales tax — a […]
Archives for March 2010
FSG's Lorin Stein New Paris Review Editor
Lorin Stein, 37, will take over as editor of the Paris Review in April when Philip Gourevitch steps down. He has been an editor at Farrar, Straus since 1998. He says: “The Paris Review is an institution like nothing else in American letters. It stands for the newest, the best, the most daring in writing and art, and that’s been the case now for more than fifty years. To be entrusted with that tradition is a true honor.” Publisher Antonio Weiss notes “Lorin has an uncommon literary sensibility and eye for new talent.”
Once Again, Cussler Wins/Loses In Odd Movie Suit
The bizarre case between Clive Cussler and Crusader Entertainment (now Bristol Bay Productions) continues, with a California Court of Appeals ruling once again having both sides claiming victory, at least for now. The court overturned a prior order that Cussler pay Crusader $5 million for breach of contract. But they rejected Cussler’s contention that he was still owed $8.5 million by Crusader for rights to a book of his that was never adapted into a movie. Attorneys for both sides said they won, though Cussler’s lawyer Bert Fields wins the award for best convoluted phrasing, contending that “Crusader was barred […]
Apple Adjusts, Clarifies iPad Release Dates
Apple announced this morning that they will start taking pre-orders in the US for the iPad on March 12, and the unit will arrive a few days later than originally planned, on April 3. (That’s for wi-fi models; 3G units will come in late April.) The company says that “all models of iPad will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK in late April.”Release In other device news, the WSJ reports on plans by Sony to introduce “a portable device that shares characteristics of netbooks, electronic-book readers and handheld-game machines” later this year […]
Amazon's Canadian Play Is to Open their Own Distribution Center
The Globe and Mail has further information on Amazon’s application to Canada’s government, seeking permission to open their own distribution center within the country. The etailer currently dispatches its Canadian shipments through a unit of Canada Post. HMV Canada president Humphrey Kadaner says, “This would bring Amazon into competition with pretty much every retailer in Canada, assuming they expand their product offering as they have in the States. They really would become much more of a general retailer.” Indigo ceo Heather Reisman says, “This is evolution…. It just needs to be transparent and evenly applied.” She has written to the […]
Lost Symbol Paperback, for the UK Only
Random UK’s Corgi imprint will publish THE LOST SYMBOL in paperback on July 22, just announced this morning. But don’t expect a paperback edition in the US yet. Spokesperson Suzanne Herz says “the hardcover is performing so well here we are not following suit.” The publisher currently has no plans for paperback release in the US.