In mid-August, Chapters launched a $10-million lawsuit against Deborah Lewington and Now, claiming theft of commercial information. With this move, Chapters was clearly firing a shot across the bow of Heather Reisman’s new book venture. ... Read More »

Follett College Stores, a division of Follett Corp., one of North America’s largest sellers of new and used textbooks, has struck deals to manage bookstores at three central Canadian community colleges, bringing the total number ... Read More »

Publishing workshops are scheduled to start again at the Banff Centre in 1998, but with a new focus: middle and senior management. Don Stein, director of the centre, says details of the revamped program won’t be ... Read More »

Quill & Quire is taking over publication of The Book Trade in Canada – often known as The Ampersand – following the recent sale of Ampersand Communications to Key Publishers. The 1996-97 edition will be ... Read More »

The final chapters of Canada’s copyright reform saga may prove to be more suspenseful than the government expected when it unveiled Bill C-32 last April. As of early February, the federal Liberals had yet to ... Read More »

Chapters’ third-quarter report presented shareholders with a mixture of good news and bad as the chain posted earnings of $14.1-million for the period, up 9.3% over the previous year, but lowered its year-end profit projections ... Read More »

CanLit enthusiasts are used to seeing the McClelland & Stewart name on bookstore shelves and in the review pages of newspapers and magazines. But during the last few months, the venerable publishing house has been ... Read More »

Still reeling from massive funding cuts made last year, Newfoundland’s four trade publishers – Breakwater Books, Harry Cuff Publications, Jesperson Publishing, and Creative Book Publishers – are cutting back their lists drastically and hoping to ... Read More »