Chapters’ in-house marketing magazine, Context, is the latest casualty of Heather Reisman’s restructuring at the chain. The CEO pulled the plug on the magazine’s second issue on Monday, only a few days before it was ... Read More »

Publishers says it’s a disaster, Chapters store managers don’t like it, and even the chain’s senior executives admit it’s not working as it should.Is there a future for Pegasus Wholesale?Maybe, but at the moment it’s ... Read More »

Superstores continue to drive sales and earnings growth at Chapters, which reported a surge in third-quarter revenues to $176.9-million, up from $153.5-million in the same period last year. The company's earnings for the three months ... Read More »

Defections continue from General Distribution Services with the announcement yesterday that its largest Canadian client, Vancouver publisher Douglas & McIntyre, plans to leave the troubled distributor almost immediately, and rumours that Key Porter Books won’t ... Read More »

It was anything but business as usual for British publishers at Frankfurt this year as the near-century-old fixed book pricing system known as the Net Book Agreement fell apart just days before the start of ... Read More »

The Canadian book industry could reduce returns significantly, improve sales, and cut distribution costs by collecting better point of sale data, a Canadian book industry forum was told yesterday.Richard Knight, managing director of BookTrack, a ... Read More »