Amazon.ca has launched another volley in its battle with Indigo.ca – and Indigo has conceded ground on pricing.This week Amazon announced a new policy extending a 30 discount to all books with list prices of ... Read More »

In the March 8, 2004, issue of Publishers Weekly, Farrar, Straus & Giroux editor Lorin Stein was quoted as asking, apropos of the extra publicity push needed for their lead title, David Bezmosgis’s Natasha and ... Read More »

Is the era of the specialist computer book store nearing an end? Roswell James, the owner of one such store in Halifax, thinks so. Unless people suddenly stop buying computer books online – which is, ... Read More »

Tracey Jones apologizes for the boxes scattered around her office in Halifax’s central Spring Garden library branch. Jones’s appointment to the position of Halifax Public Libraries’ literacy, ESL, and diversity manager is so recent that ... Read More »

Tracey Palmer is used to people misunderstanding her job. She is a trained librarian who heads up knowledge management at Research In Motion, the Canadian high-tech darling behind the increasingly ubiquitous BlackBerry personal digital assistant. ... Read More »

After the United States Supreme Court handed down the decision that effectively gave George W. Bush the 2000 presidential election, Walter Zicha’s colleagues at the San Mateo Public Library, situated between San Francisco and San ... Read More »

When the Winnipeg Public Library removes the bandages from its central branch next year after a $19-million facelift, patrons will discover a bright, high-tech case study in the latest library design trends. The old 1970s ... Read More »

Traditionally there has been little crossover between conventional publishers and graphic novel specialists. But one Montreal micropress is looking to split its list between literary fiction and graphic novels.Conundrum put out its first graphic novel ... Read More »