Nimbus Publishing has rearranged some staff duties after the departure of its longtime publisher – a move that could result in more fiction and children’s books appearing on its list.Dorothy Blythe left the Halifax firm ... Read More »

A year after leaving publishing to join The Lavin Agency, former Gutter Press owner Sam Hiyate has left Lavin to launch his own Toronto literary agency.Hiyate has partnered with Christos Grivas, a former entertainment and ... Read More »

Marketing in a consumer climate as sluggish and price-sensitive as this one is a game of inches. As the competition for shelf space becomes keener, publishers are placing a higher premium on fresh ideas - ... Read More »

This fall, 37 high-school students at Sir Wilfrid Laurier (SWL) in Ottawa are testing the prototype of what may become one of the first electronic textbooks in Canada's education system.The program combines excerpts from an ... Read More »

Speculation had been circulating for years, but the August 6 news was still something of a shock: Jack Stoddart's General Publishing had lost Simon & Schuster (S&S) - by far its biggest agency line - ... Read More »

On this languid July afternoon, a Saturday, the thousands of suburban Torontonians flocking to a cavernous Price Club outlet on the edge of the city confirm what has become perhaps the guiding truism of recessionary ... Read More »

Early in 1992 - around the time federal Communications Minister Perrin Beatty unveiled plans for a "distribution right" - the Putnam Group bought Jeremy P. Tardier Inc., a 20-year-old self-help publisher based in Los Angeles. ... Read More »

Hard hit by the recession, McGraw-Hill Ryerson (MHR) has embarked on an reorganization aimed at reversing a four-year decline.In its 1992 financial statements, the Whitby, Ontario, publisher reported revenues of $40.7-million, down slightly from 1991, ... Read More »

If Toronto’s venerable Albert Britnell Book Shop seems quiet these days, it's because the ringing phones were recently moved to the second floor - where the action is. To get there, one pushes open the ... Read More »