If pressed, some booksellers say they would consider non-returnable orders for a hefty extra discount.Holly McNally of Winnipeg’s McNally Robinson Booksellers cites a figure of 65%. Richard King of Paragraphe Books in Montreal says he’d agree ... Read More »

Anne Millyard, former co-director of Annick Press, has said goodbye to the company she and Rick Wilks founded 25 years ago. The company threw a bash at The Wellington in downtown Toronto in June to ... Read More »

If ever there was a match made in cyberspace, computer books and the e-book format would be it, or so one would think. Computer users tend to be early adopters of new technologies, and with ... Read More »

It’s unfortunate for consumers that major software companies no longer include printed manuals with their software packages, forcing them instead to use those oxymoronic electronic help files. But it’s great for David Pogue, who has ... Read More »

When Globe and Mail books editor Martin Levin wrote a column earlier this year suggesting, with tongue planted firmly in cheek, that there ought to be a series of books written by, not for, Dummies, ... Read More »