HarperCollins is launching an ambitious campaign to promote its fall list of literary fiction written by developing authors. The publisher’s Fall Fiction Fourcast – a $40,000 marketing campaign – will collectively promote new novels by ... Read More »

Heading into the 1997-98 season, Chapters has hiked its co-op advertising rates and introduced a number of new placement fee categories, including a potentially problematic charge for face-out titles in its mall stores. The price ... Read More »

Hot deals, big books, deafening buzz? Not at this year’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair. Although Quebec writer and illustrator Michèle Lemieux had her best fair yet – Lemieux won the prestigious Ragazzi Prize for her ... Read More »

The Ontario government has accepted a slightly altered restructuring proposal from Lester Publishing that will see the firm’s authors receive almost all the money owed them in outstanding royalty payments. Approximately $90,000 will go to ... Read More »

Members of the Quebec publishing industry are calling for the implementation of a no-discounting policy on books in order to prevent Wal-Mart, Club Price, and superstores from undercutting independent retailers with deep discounts on bestsellers. The ... Read More »

When Tom Bollum filed a notice of intent under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act early in April, his superstore mini-chain owed dozens of creditors approximately $2-million – including almost $700,000 to Canadian-based publishers, about $880,000 ... Read More »

The International Festival of Authors at Harbourfront in Toronto hosted dozens of readings this year from Oct. 22 - Nov. 1, but for our money, the interviews - between Canadian journalists and writers and their ... Read More »

It’s not difficult to see why Mordecai Richler's Jacob Two-Two's First Spy Case made an easy transition to the stage. The book itself is highly theatrical, its satire and humour broad, and its characters screamingly ... Read More »