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Printed Catalogues Makin’ My Life Difficult

PubFight, publishing’s favourite pastime, is not all fun and games. It takes a hard-working Marketing Manager to pull together the master list for the Fakefurt Book Fair. I know, that sounds easy—but it’s not! It’s a pain in the butt, and I blame the printed catalogue.

Auction Update: Simon & Schuster and Scholastic

PubFight auction results from Scholastic and Simon and Schuster are in. Because of the outstanding auctions, we can’t tell you what the names of top titles are yet (I’m sure everyone will have a really hard time guessing just what that top Juvenile title is) but we can tell you the subjects and make you guess.

PubFight: If the Book Business Is a Gamble, Learn How to Count Cards

Yesterday at the BookNet Canada Technology Forum, we provided the comic relief for the day by unveiling PubFight, the fantasy publishing/simulation/training arena for the Canadian book industry. For those that couldn’t be there for the raucous demonstration, here is the text that Tech Forum attendees received yesterday…