Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

Copyright reform in Ottawa limbo

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Canadian booksellers can thank the Tories for effectively delaying changes to the federal Copyright Act that would prohibit them from "buying around." Although draft legislation is now being finalized, the February resignation of Prime Minister ... Read More »

March 22, 2004

Nelson’s march

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It’s said that Nelson Canada's veteran president Al Cobham is a man who prefers to keep his own counsel. So, as he presides sternly at the end of a boardroom table in Nelson's Scarborough, Ontario, ... Read More »

March 22, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

Xmas past

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As booksellers pause from spring selling to reflect on the 1992 Christmas season, they describe a book market characterized by all the conflicting signals resonating in the economy at large. Armed with fresh growth figures ... Read More »

March 22, 2004

Will superstores come to Canada?

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Will the phenomenon that's changing the face of U.S. book retailing come to Canada?The former owner of an Ottawa-based mini-chain believes the Canadian bookselling market is ready for superstores, but the head of Coles feels ... Read More »

March 22, 2004

Libraries embrace business model

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We’re still here. We’re still rich with ideas.”Liz Hoffman’s closing words at the final luncheon of the Ontario Library Association’s February Super Conference were meant as a rallying cry, but the departing president’s address also ... Read More »

March 21, 2004 | Filed under: Book links

U of A gambles on CD-ROM

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Conventional publishing wisdom holds that the CD-ROM’s time has come and gone – but the University of Alberta Press will test that assumption in February with a new CD-only Canadian history title.U of A Press ... Read More »

March 21, 2004