Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

What next?

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For years, Chuck Erion and his partner Tricia Siemens were the major booksellers in Ontario’s Kitchener-Waterloo market, with their downtown store Words Worth Books. Last year, though, Chapters opened two new superstores – one in ... Read More »

April 6, 2004

The fall of our discontent

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Pegasus’s demand to be recognized as a wholesaler, and receive wholesaler-level discounts, has huge implications for the future of book publishing and retailing in this country, and is causing no small degree of uncertainty throughout ... Read More »

April 6, 2004

Show of solidarity

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A record turnout by B.C. booksellers at this year’s Canadian Booksellers Association convention in Vancouver made up for a dismal showing by central Canadian merchants, and appears to have paved the way for the fair’s ... Read More »

April 6, 2004

The mother of all cultural battles

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Delegates from 134 countries, hundreds of representatives of non-government organizations, and thousands of protesters will descend on Seattle this month for the launch of the third round of trade liberalization treaty talks under the World ... Read More »

April 6, 2004 | Filed under: Events

CBA ‘99 highlights

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For most booksellers, the Canadian Booksellers Association convention centres on the trade show, as publishers unveil fall titles, parade star authors, and offer special discounts. This year’s exhibitor total is up from last year – ... Read More »

April 6, 2004

Amazon v. Indigo

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Indigo and the Canadian Booksellers Association have stepped up their fight to rid Canada of that culture-destroying entity known as Amazon. Early in August, the booksellers dropped a 20-page bomb on the U.S.-based online retailer ... Read More »

April 6, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

In the Works

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BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS: Kristen den Hartog’s third novel, The Origin of Haloes, was sold at auction to Ellen Seligman at McClelland & Stewart for publication in spring 2005. Set all over the world, it centres ... Read More »

April 6, 2004

Random’s new era

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The newly merged Random House of Canada is a company with lots of chefs in the corporate kitchen: John Neale, the new chairman and CEO, has run Bantam Books and Doubleday Canada for several years; ... Read More »

April 6, 2004