Former Toronto Life publisher named chief marketer for Kobo e-reading service worldwide

The former publisher of Toronto Life magazine, Marina Glogovac, has been named chief marketing officer of Kobo, the global e-reading service. She had been CEO of Lavalife, the well-known online dating service, where she had gone after holding several executive positions with St. Joseph Media and, before that, at NOW magazine.  She also sits on the advisory council of The Walrus magazine. In her

Venerable style rulebook offers its subscribers free e-version of 1906 edition

The University of Chicago Press, publishers of the Chicago Manual of Style (much beloved of copy editors) and its online version are offering their subscribers a free e-book of the original edition published 104 years ago. The press is offering a new free e-book every month to promote its digital e-book downloads.  The Chicago Manual of Style Online costs individuals $35 a year.  In a note to

At last, Stevie Cameron's book on Pickton case published, as an e-book for now

Stevie Cameron's book On the Farm about the horrific case of Robert Pickton, is now available as an e-book from Random House Canada (the hardcover will be out August 31). Both paper and e-book copies cost $35. Though her rep for the past number of years has been as an investigative reporter and author, it is worth remembering that Cameron once edited Elm Street magazine and was a prolific

Quote, unquote: On not being steamrolled

“We’re at the hinge point. As a librarian, I have to go where the information goes. Yes, there are a couple ways to disagree with e-book readers – we can complain about the hardware or the software. But as with any disruptive technology, you’re either guided forward or you’re steamrolled. The only way to do it is to jump on the tiger and take control of it.”-- Christopher Harris, a librarian and