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February 24, 2009: Magazines Canada's "Buy 2, Get 1 FREE" Subscription Campaign
Magazines Canada, one of PWAC's industry partners, is bringing back its highly popular "Buy 2, Get 1 FREE" subscription promotion. From Magazines Canada:
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Magazines Canada is proud to announce the launch of its fourth Buy 2, Get 1 FREE subscription campaign. This exclusive, limited-time offer runs to March 15, 2009, and provides remarkable savings on 170 diverse Canadian titles. Targeted to magazine readers across the country, the campaign offers a wide range of magazines, from national to regional-interest titles on topics including family, fashion, business, arts and literature, recreation, lifestyle and more. Some titles to look out for: Quill & Quire, The Walrus, Toronto Life, Black Woman and Child, Style at Home, Inuit Art Quarterly, Maclean's, THIS Magazine, and Canadian Art, to name a few.
Access the Magazines Canada Buy 2, Get 1 FREE website at www.deals.magazinescanada.ca.
Magazines Canada is the not-for-profit association that promotes quality Canadian magazines. To find more about us, visit our website at www.magazinescanada.ca.
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With over 170 magazines available through the promotion, there is truly something for everyone. Interested in indie arts & culture? Broken Pencil could be for you. A closet stamp collector? Profess your love to your postal carrier and order Canadian Stamp News.
This PWAC blogger found 10 of the 12 magazines the people in her household currently subscribe to through the promotion and has added many more to the rotation!
Lauren Stewart PWAC Associate Director

February 05, 2009: An Important Message to all Publishers, Authors and Heirs of Authors about the Google Settlement
This
settlement has the potential to affect every copyright owner in Canada.
It is important to read the following message and inform other
copyright owners that you know.
The Google Settlement is a
proposed landmark settlement to lawsuits brought against Google
separately by book authors, the Authors Guild, and publisher
representatives of the Association of American Publishers alleging that
the scanning/digitization of books for its Google Book Search program
infringed copyright in the United States.
Access Copyright is
involved in the proposed settlement by working closely with a U.S. firm
that is implementing the class action notice program.
PWAC encourages all writers to read the full notice
about the settlement, which has detailed information about the
settlement, important terms, the claims process, and key dates. Want to
know more first? Read this article
prepared by Access Copyright to understand why you should care about
the Google settlement. Additional information can be found at www.accesscopyright.ca.
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