Lingo Media, the Toronto-based educational publisher, has extended its reach into the Chinese publishing market this week, by agreeing to develop and publish books with Chinese conglomerate Liaoning Publishing Group.The venture will involve producing and ... Read More »

Google Print, the new Internet search tool for books, has put its massive book-scanning project on hold until November, allowing publishers to take their time deciding whether or not to participate.Since its announcement at the ... Read More »

After five years as the exclusive bookselling presence at Toronto’s International Festival of Authors, Chapters/Indigo is out and a consortium of local independent booksellers is in. According to IFOA publicist Stephen Myers, the change occurred ... Read More »

After a fiscal year in which Indigo’s profits grew considerably – to $11.7-million from $6.6-million in the previous year – the bonuses awarded to the company’s top executives got bigger, too.The company’s management information circular, ... Read More »

Lobster Press has failed in its legal bid to force the Department of Canadian Heritage to release government funding to the firm.Last month, the Federal Court of Canada “dismissed for delay” the Montreal children’s publisher’s ... Read More »

This Tuesday, Amazon.ca launched its new Search Inside! feature with the participation of 110 publishers – but without one of Canada’s largest trade publishers, Random House of Canada.The service allows shoppers to search the contents ... Read More »