The Word on the Street took it on the road this year, with three incarnations of the previously Toronto-centred book and magazine event being put on simultaneously in Vancouver and Halifax, as well as Toronto, ... Read More »

First there was Canadian Books in Print from the University of Toronto Press. Then there was Bibliodisc from the Canadian Telebook Agency (CTA). Then there was a deal with R.R. Bowker. Then there was silence.First ... Read More »

It looks more like a Consumers Distributing crossed with a frat house than a competitive retailer. But since University Textbook Supply opened kitty-corner to York University three years ago, its 5% discounts and in-your-face presence ... Read More »

As Canadian college bookstores try everything in their power to make themselves more attractive to their customers – and more profitable for their parent institutions – the 122-year-old American Follett Corporation, which already operates stores ... Read More »

In the past two years, McGill University’s library has slashed the amount it spends on academic journals by $750,000, ending subscriptions to a large number of scientific and technical serials. Although acting library director Frances ... Read More »

Don Rubin is in the middle of a project that 20 years ago would have seemed inconceivable. The York University professor is the driving force behind an ambitious international research venture that reflects a growing ... Read More »

Published Canadian drama has never held any claims on bestseller lists, but by most accounts, the market has been a growing and, on occasion, thriving for the past two decades. Vancouver and Toronto have nurtured ... Read More »

Blizzard Publishing's Peter Atwood has a case of double vision. As director of the innovative drama publishing company’s new digital arm, Otium Productions, he’s poised to bring two new electronic publishing projects onto the market ... Read More »

Reed Books has shut down its Canadian publishing program, putting an end to an interesting, but apparently financially unrewarding, 10-month experiment at the company’s Toronto offices. Publisher Oliver Salzmann left the company and is assessing ... Read More »