Harbour Publishing’s landmark publication, The Encyclopedia of British Columbia, has migrated to the Web. Debuting in November, the online edition of the 25,000-copy bestseller is now available through the portal www.knowBC.com, and has made significant ... Read More »

Amazon.com will continue to financially support Books in Canada, even though the magazine’s publisher has been forced into personal bankruptcy, a spokeswoman for the Internet retailer says. “That includes our financial backing through 2002 as ... Read More »

Rising CanLit star Sheila Heti is taking her well-known quirkiness from the printed word to the lecture circuit. The 24-year-old author is launching a series of evening events she’s calling The Trampoline Hall Lectures, which ... Read More »

It’s a homecoming of sorts for Ann Ledden. Five years after leaving Little, Brown Canada, Ledden will rejoin Kim McArthur at McArthur & Company as vice-president of sales. She starts Jan. 3.McArthur said Ledden was ... Read More »

A total of $29.3-million distributed to publishers in November through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program finds publishers grateful to pay outstanding bills, but nervously awaiting spring returns.A $4.5-million funding influx from Canadian Heritage means ... Read More »

Folks in the book business have been saying for years that no one knows how to throw a party like Jack Rabinovitch. This year’s Giller Prize gala certainly exceeded all party expectations, despite the absence ... Read More »

There was the George Bell book, which was on the way to stores when the Toronto Blue Jays’ left-fielder was traded to Chicago. And the Ben Johnson book, which was timed to coincide with the ... Read More »

1. Windows 98 for DummiesAndy Rathbone, IDG Books, $28.992. Windows 98 SimplifiedRuth Maran, MaranGraphics/IDG Books $32.993. Windows 95 for Dummies, 2nd ed.Andy Rathbone, IDG Books, $26.994. Internet for Dummies, 7th ed.John Levine et al, IDG Books, $29.995. Adobe Photoshop 5.5, ... Read More »

Understanding WAP: Wireless Applications, Devices, and ServicesMarcel Van Der Heijden and Marcus Taylor, eds. $120 cloth 1-58053-09-3, 250 pp., with CD-ROM, Artech House/Login Brothers Canada, 2000Designing Wireless Information ServicesJohan Hjelm, $62.50 paper 0-471-38015-6, 432 pp, ... Read More »