With the Canada Council shedding staff to absorb a $2.5-million cut to its 1995-96 appropriation, publishers this summer will be pushing the federal arts body to break up some of the bureaucratic logjams that they ... Read More »

Closing out weeks of speculation within Canada’s two former book chains, Chapters Inc. has unveiled its new executive and buying teams, a crucial first step in both the company’s roll-out of up to 50 new ... Read More »

In a bid to breathe another season of life into last fall’s frontlist titles, McClelland & Stewart has come up with a consumer rebate/contest scheme to entice spring book buyers.Consumers who purchased one of 13 ... Read More »

Borders, the huge U.S. book chain, has leased a large retail space in Toronto’s Manulife Centre, Canadian publishers have been told. The store could open as soon as the fall – although this has not ... Read More »

After abruptly withdrawing its membership in the Canadian Booksellers Association, Chapters Inc. and the industry at large have managed to defuse a potentially divisive skirmish which might have damaged the industry’s annual book fair. CEO ... Read More »

After just 18 months, the joint venture between Gage Distribution and the U.S. wholesaler Handleman Co. has gone out of business because the company, Handleman Gage Book Distribution Co., was unable to sign up the ... Read More »

Members of the book industry are fighting for a tax exemption on books in the wake of announcements that three provinces – New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland – plan to harmonize their provincial sales ... Read More »

It’s 8:30 on a Friday morning in late March, and Larry Stevenson is holed up in his spacious office, thinking about coffee – although not because it’s early. The head of SmithBooks – and now ... Read More »

In a quick reversal, Coles and its affiliate chain, The Book Company, have backed away from a decision taken in December to cancel spring frontlist buying meetings with publishers’ sales representatives.The move reflects, in part, ... Read More »

The long-anticipated distribution right for publishers will be part of a package of copyright reforms tabled in the House of Commons this spring, according to an announcement made in December by Canadian Heritage Minister Michel ... Read More »