All systems go for Atwood release

As McClelland & Stewart gets ready to release its second blockbuster of the year, Ken Thomson, vice-president of sales, has reassuring words for booksellers: the publication of Margaret Atwood’s The Blind Assassin won’t be marred ... Read More »

January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

Libraries target seniors with new programs, services

By Q&Q Staff

When the Greater Victoria Public Library replaced the date-due cards in its books with a computerized receipt system three years ago, chief librarian Sandra Anderson received a wake-up call from the library’s senior citizen patrons. ... Read More »

January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

Mergers biggest threat to industry, book execs say

By Q&Q Staff

An industry survey recently conducted by Universal Logistics, a Markham, Ontario-based freight forwarding company, underlines the significance of mergers, superstores, and the Internet on the current bookselling environment. Respondents from 43 firms – which included ... Read More »

January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

Libraries vs. superstores a burning issue at CLA 2000

By Q&Q Staff

In sessions like “What’s Next for Public Libraries” and “The Role of Libraries in the Digital Age,” 1,100 library professionals from across Canada debated the direction of their profession at the 55th Canadian Libraries Association ... Read More »

January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Awards

Indigo eliminates management layer

By Q&Q Staff

During lunch hour on a beautiful July day, the Indigo location in Toronto’s Manulife Centre is getting its fair share of the mid-day shopping crowd. But despite the traffic, there seems to be a dearth ... Read More »

January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

DCH committee offers few solutions

By Q&Q Staff

Minister of Heritage Sheila Copps has until Nov. 13 to respond to the 25 recommendations outlined in the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage’s report on the book industry. Released in mid-June, the 109-page document – ... Read More »

January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Awards

CBA trade show: time for an overhaul?

By Q&Q Staff

It wasn’t the biggest or busiest trade show in the history of the Canadian Booksellers Association, but exhibitors still offered faint praise for this year’s event. “[The show] wasn’t as great as I’d hoped and ... Read More »

January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Bookselling

E-books pose no threat to publishers

By Q&Q Staff

A few years ago, I was working at Canada’s Virtual Bookstore, trying to convince publishers of the benefits of making their books available online. Though we were in the business of selling books, we spent ... Read More »

January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Events

TWUC eyes trade pact at AGM

By Q&Q Staff

The issue that might have publicly divided members of The Writers’ Union of Canada was never directly discussed at their annual general meeting in May. Instead of debating proposed changes to the union’s voting structure ... Read More »

January 30, 2004

All that jazz

By Q&Q Staff

The in-store café at McNally Robinson’s Grant Park location in Winnipeg was filled to the brim one night last May, with overflow patrons hanging over the children’s section balcony and pulling chairs into the nearby ... Read More »

January 30, 2004

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