Julie Czerneda, an international bestselling science fiction and fantasy author from Canada, was one of the Author Guests of Honour at the 2016 When Words Collide conference which takes place in Calgary each year in late summer. When Words Collide is an annual non-profit festival designed to bring readers and writers together in a celebration of the written word. Up
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In a recent media release in time for the UK’s FutureBook conference, Kobo’s PR and Communications team released some stats based on reading data that has been accumulated for 2016. And, as has become a recurring trend, Kobo Writing Life titles from self-published and independent publisher titles are topping those lists. Bestselling Titles of 2016 in Kobo UK: Independent-publisher
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For many, reading is not just a pastime, but an identity. Inspired by that insight, Rakuten Kobo announces Kobo Aura ONE, which was designed with the help of its best customers and reflects Kobo’s latest step towards the perfect reading device. A team of nine of Kobo’s top customers challenged the Kobo design team to push the limits on all
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Kobo recently held a special event in downtown Toronto for some of its best customers, avid readers and fans of Michael Connelly. Special guests had a chance to meet one another for cocktails and snacks, mingle, get books signed, and listen to a live on-stage interview with Michael Connelly, who was interviewed by Johanna Schneller. Some of the fascinating things
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Authors always enjoy when the unit sales of the books soar and when they hit the various prestigious best-seller lists that allow themselves to adopt the slogan “New York Times Bestseller” and “USA Today Bestselling Author.” It is certainly a special thrill to have one’s book or books called out as among the best in terms of unit sales and
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