• Shipments of recorded music in the U.S. dropped 10.3% in 2001, to 969 million units. The value of shipments fell 4.1%, to $13.7-billion.• Peer-to-peer sharing of book files in North America is projected to ... Read More »
May 6, 2004
Which books do not appear on Canadian literature courses but should? We asked several people to choose a book they would describe as an “overlooked classic.” Here’s what they said. (Interestingly, not all of the ... Read More »
May 6, 2004
Students sweating over a term paper at 3 a.m. may be grateful for 24-hour access to scholarly e-books online. But so far they’ve been unwilling to pay for it.That’s been causing headaches for young Internet ... Read More »
May 6, 2004
Before information technology entered the campus library scene librarian Marcille Frederick felt like a shop clerk pointing and directing college students to the appropriate book shelf.With the arrival of resources like the World Wide Web, ... Read More »
May 6, 2004
Plenty has changed for Nick Brown since the giant Follett Corporation took over the management of campus bookstores at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario during the summer. And as far as he can see, much ... Read More »
May 6, 2004
Watson Hall is the most efficient and unassuming of buildings. It houses the humanities departments at Queen's University, yet bears little resemblance to the popular conception of an Ivory Tower. Its gloomy and grimy corridors ... Read More »
May 6, 2004
Scholarly presses are publishing more books than ever aimed at a popular audience, but you wouldn’t know it by reading the weekend book review sections.“We spend a huge amount of energy sending out review copies,” ... Read More »
May 6, 2004
Purchasing textbooks is an unsettling experience for most university and college students, one marked by long line-ups, daunting reading lists, 800-page introductory tomes – and an enormous bill. Most first year students may never have ... Read More »
May 6, 2004
The Canadian Publishers’ Council (CPC) is undertaking a year-long study to examine the impact of technology on the textbook market.Large in scope, the study is examining three different issues that affect the higher education market. ... Read More »
May 6, 2004 | Filed under: Book news
When the University of British Columbia Bookstore began selling course packs five years ago, it produced between 50 and 60 each term. For the first few years, says manager Debbie Harvie, the number doubled annually. ... Read More »
May 6, 2004
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