The Humanclature of Books

I’ve been pondering about how people interact with one another and the interesting pattern of how we interact with books.  The two distinct interactions actually have a lot in common.
I’m not saying that how one person interacts with people is precisely how he or she would interact with a books, but it’s a fascinating way of [...]

Five Book-related Things to Do Over the Holidays

Well the holidays have finally arrived and we’re all either frantically trying to wrap presents, exchange presents, or purchase those last minute gifts. What about the rest of the holidays — y’know … after we open up those gifts and enjoy the amazingly mouth-watering, warm, and comforting food. What then?

Well, if you’re not [...]

A Deeper Look at Life’s Foibles

Those who are well-acquainted with mysteries may be interested in this mystery-to-literary fiction spin-off.  J.D. Carpenter, author of the Campbell Young mysteries, takes us on a different journey with Priam Harvey, a character that occasionally steps into the spotlight throughout the Campbell Young mysteries.  This time around, we focus on Mr. Harvey himself, an unemployed [...]

How XML and ONIX looks after books

Part of my role is manage the bibliographic data of all the books we have published and will be publishing here at Dundurn Press. Because of all of the questions and queries I usually get, I figured I should describe what I do so that people understand how it differs from pure sales and [...]

Poverty

By James Bow
My publishing company, the Dundurn Group, has signed up for a blog blast on the subject of poverty, and as one of their authors, I volunteered to write up a post about poverty. Unfortunately, I almost missed the month. If I wanted to make excuses, I’d blame my kids, but the truth is, [...]

Waiting for the Animated Book

One of things I am most excited about when it comes to the world of books is the integration and the convergence of multimedia into the product format we refer as the “book”.
Two significant things have occurred over the past year that demonstrate we are moving in that direction:
1.  Adobe has released Acrobat 9 which [...]

My Father’s View of Poverty

By Nicholas Maes
My father came to Canada from Holland in the early 1950s at the age of twenty-three. His origins were lower middle class (at a time when class mattered to the Dutch), and Europe was still recovering from the war. Not surprisingly, his pockets were empty when he stepped onto Canadian soil.
His first years [...]