Fellow iUniverse Author Wins Leacock Medal

Terry Fallis, a fellow Publisher’s Choice and iUniverse author, has won the 2008 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, which includes a cash prize. I’d like to point out that he beat traditionally published — and well-known — authors like Douglas Coupland and Will Ferguson to win this coveted prize.

Follow the Bouncing Lifeliner

Can you follow the bouncing book? Because I can’t! My marketing guy at iUniverse, with profuse apologies from him and Chapters, told me that Chapters is yanking Lifeliner from the display in the World’s Biggest Bookstore because of a “corporate initiative.” What the heck does that mean? Apparently, it means they need the space for…

Toronto Book Signing: Come One, Come All!

You’re Invited! Shireen Jeejeebhoy, author of LIFELINER: The Judy Taylor Story, will be at Mela Café 7A Yorkville Avenue, Toronto, ON 416-916-0619 Tuesday, February 26th 4:00 to 6:00 PM Mela’s famous yummy nibbles will be served. Stop by and say hello! LIFELINER was awarded Editor’s Choice and Publisher’s Choice and recently featured in Reuters!

Stop the Presses!

Contrary to what I’ve been telling everybody, Lifeliner is not being stocked at Indigo at Bay and Bloor, but at the World’s Biggest Bookstore on Edward Street near Yonge and Dundas. You will find it either on the Hot and New Nonfiction display at the front of the store or upstairs in the Biography section.…

In Indigo, and Amazon Shorts

Time isn’t a smooth, linear line; it’s a logarithmic curve that crawls and then gathers steam, until that big day, once barely visible in the far distant future, rushes upon us all of a sudden. Indigo at Bay and Bloor will stock Lifeliner: The Judy Taylor Story, starting on Tuesday, February 19 and ending 8…

The Ordering a Book Saga Continues

Well, apparently Christmas has put a hitch into the Indigo roll-out schedule. Since bookstores, like all retailers, are drowning at this time of year in orders and sales, iUniverse is holding off submitting fall-release Publisher’s Choice titles to the Chapters Indigo buyer until after the madness ends. In my case, January. That means my book…