Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

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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 »

March 22, 2004

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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 »

March 22, 2004

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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 »

March 22, 2004

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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 »

March 22, 2004

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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 »

March 22, 2004

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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 »

March 22, 2004