SPRING IS THE TIME to reflect and rejuvenate, and publishers are doing both this season with lists that balance food for thought with, well, food.With a notable absence of big names to choose from, picking ... Read More »
March 4, 2004
Teacher-librarians should look beyond their schools for support in their battle against budget cuts and the myth that computer technology can replace the school library. This was the principal message of Forging Forward, a national ... Read More »
March 4, 2004
To fill a marketplace gap following the demise of Vancouver-based computer book wholesaler Compulit, B.C.'s Book Express has launched a new wholesale division specializing in computer books, called Computer Book Express. Heading the new division ... Read More »
March 4, 2004
Former Carswell executive Eric Forsyth has launched a new venture: ProRef Publishing Services, a North American distribution company catering to the reference needs of business professionals.Based in Toronto, ProRef will represent a range of independent ... Read More »
March 4, 2004
Chapters' second-quarter sales soared 23% from the same period a year ago, boosted by continued strong growth in the company's superstore division. Total revenues for the period, ending Sept. 27, were $93.6-million.Canada's largest book retailer ... Read More »
March 4, 2004
The launch date for the revamped Banff Publishing Programs is tentatively scheduled for this February under the new directorship of Glenn Rollans the director of Edmonton's University of Alberta Press.Following his appointment in late 1997, ... Read More »
March 4, 2004
Another high-profile independent retailer has gone out of business. The Book Cellar Yorkville, the upscale Toronto store owned and operated by Lori Bruner for approximately 15 years, closed its doors at the beginning of December. ... Read More »
March 4, 2004
The January release of Wag the Dog stars Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, and Woody Harrelson in a humorous political satire involving presidential follies and scandalous re-election strategies. Ballantine carries the novel that inspired the ... Read More »
March 4, 2004
Janet Podleski is sleeping better now that she and her sister Greta have returned from their $250,000,22-city, 32-day U.S. tour for their self-published cookbook, Looneyspoons. Her slumber is still interrupted, however, by vivid dreams inlooneyspoons-finds-recipe-for-success/> ... Read More »
March 4, 2004
For public library workers across Toronto the new year represents a transition period fraught with tension and uncertainty. Jan. 1 is the official date for the amalgamation of Toronto's seven public library systems, a merger ... Read More »
March 4, 2004
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