The 2002 holiday season will be remembered by booksellers for the 2001 title that stole the show. Bolstered by its Man Booker Prize win last October, Yann Martel’s Life of Pi (Vintage Canada) was easilypi/> ... Read More »
April 9, 2004
As the holiday selling season heats up. booksellers across Canada are fuming over a recent wave of rejected returns from General Distribution Services, saying the company is refusing to accept books that are clearly resalable. ... Read More »
April 9, 2004
The Griffin Poetry Prize is only in its third year, but award sponsor Scott Griffin is looking to raise its profile. “It is our intention to extend the reach of this prize well beyond the ... Read More »
April 9, 2004
Publisher clients uncertain of the status of their inventory at General Distribution Services aren’t the only ones feeling stressed: confusion also reigns for many of Stoddart Publishing’s authors. A number of authors say they haven’t ... Read More »
April 9, 2004
It was a fitting backdrop to announce the merger of two of Canada’s few science fiction publishers. At the World Science Fiction Convention in early September – which took place in Toronto for the first ... Read More »
April 9, 2004
The Globe and Mail’s books section has a new policy for its bestseller listings, following a controversy over a recent Amazon.ca ad.For the last two weeks, Amazon ran a Globe ad promoting discounts on titles ... Read More »
April 9, 2004
Trilogy Retail Enterprises is expected to formally announce the success of its Chapters takeover bid this morning, but that won’t do much to provide the book trade with a sense of closure. Questions continue to ... Read More »
April 9, 2004 | Filed under: Book news
It’s no secret that the Canadian Library Association has struggled with membership and morale issues in recent years. So the attention surrounding a joint annual conference with the much larger American Library Association – held ... Read More »
April 9, 2004 | Filed under: Book links
I had a big smile on my face as I walked into the store in January,” says Sally Hawks. “The biggest in quite a while.”And the owner of Shirley Leishman Books in Ottawa isn’t alone. ... Read More »
April 9, 2004 | Filed under: Book news
An Ontario firm is stepping up its campaign to bring print-on-demand to the Canadian book retail market. The Hamilton-based InstaBook Canada will install POD machines in two new locations this summer, and has also made ... Read More »
April 9, 2004
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