As pledges of support go, it’s a tad on the vague side – but welcome nonetheless. The Liberal Party’s national… Read More »
Chapters Online lays off 73 staffers, will drop editorial content
Chapters Online laid off 73 staff members yesterday in a move to reduce operating costs. Spokesperson Kevin Lennon, owner of… Read More »
The Bear’s Embrace sells for six figures in U.S.
Patricia Van Tighem may have wished for less traumatic material for her first book, but The Bear’s Embrace, her account… Read More »
For the week of Nov. 5, 2000
Fiction, non-fiction, and new releases
Chapters’ second-quarter results show slowdown in retail growth
Second-quarter sales are up for Chapters Online but stagnant for the chain’s retail stores as Chapters Inc. posted a consolidated… Read More »
PWAC to members: beware Copyright.ca
Here’s an enterprising Internet startup for which the phrase caveat emptor definitely applies. Billing itself as “the first Canadian Online… Read More »
BookExpo Canada: advisers address attendance issue
Reed Exhibition Companies has enlisted publishers, booksellers, and association administrators to form an advisory board for the first BookExpo Canada… Read More »
Saskatchewan Book Awards names provincial poet laureate
Four books were double winners at Friday’s eighth annual Saskatchewan Book Awards gala in Regina. And award administrators also named… Read More »
For the week of Nov. 12, 2000
Fiction and non-fiction
André Schiffrin: books are my business
Canadian publishers can take heart: André Schiffrin thinks the Canadian scene – with the federal government’s support for smaller publishers… Read More »
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