The latest news items:
Former Indigo buyer joins National Book Network
Four months after her sudden dismissal from Indigo, former non-fiction buyer Deborah Lewington has resurfaced in an entirely new industry role: as sales and marketing... Read the rest »
HarperCollins partners with cooking website
HarperCollins Canada has formed a unique exclusive partnership with Rouxbe.com, an online cooking site that delivers video cooking lessons to its subscribers. The initiative, which... Read the rest »
Publishers unhappy about new Indigo promotion
Concerned about flagging book sales, Indigo has decided to expand its usual “Buy 3, Get 4th Free” summer sale. In the past, the sale has... Read the rest »
Canadian wholesalers worry libraries turning to the U.S.
The Association of Canadian Book Wholesalers has raised an alarm about Canadian libraries turning to American wholesalers due to the rise of the Canadian dollar.... Read the rest »
Foreign markets ripe for Canadian publishers, Blue Met forum hears
Foreign markets are the future for Canadian publishers facing a nearly maxed-out domestic market, McGill-Queen's University Press head Philip Cercone told the publishers’ forum at... Read the rest »
McGraw-Hill Ryerson sales down in first-quarter results
Two out of three divisions were down in first-quarter results released late last week by McGraw-Hill Ryerson. For the three months ending March 31, 2008,... Read the rest »
BookNet Canada bestsellers: travel
This week's bestseller rankings cover the top 20 travel titles for the two weeks ending April 27, 2008, as tracked by BookNet Canada’s BNC SalesData.... Read the rest »
Penguin Canada to distribute Bloomsbury
Penguin Canada is taking over Canadian sales and distribution of Bloomsbury and Walker Books from Raincoast Books, which has been representing Bloomsbury in Canada since... Read the rest »
North 49 announces month-long discount
In an attempt to boost sales, distributor North 49 Books has announced a new offer to independent booksellers: an added 2% discount above and beyond... Read the rest »
Hachette comes to Canada
Surprising many in the Canadian publishing industry this week, the U.S. division of the publishing multinational Hachette Livre announced plans to open a Toronto office... Read the rest »
HarperCollins faces distribution bugs
HarperCollins Canada is serving as a testing ground for its international parent company – and is paying the price. The firm recently adopted a new... Read the rest »
Type Books to open third Toronto store
Type Books is becoming a mini-chain. The Toronto bookstore is set to open a third location next month. The new Type should open its... Read the rest »
BookNet Canada bestellers: nature
In honour of Earth Day last week, this week's bestseller rankings cover the top 20 nature-related titles for the two weeks ending April 20, 2008,... Read the rest »
Eric Jensen joins M&S in new role
Industry veteran Eric Jensen will be joining McClelland & Stewart as vice-president and director of publishing operations, a newly created position that reports to president... Read the rest »
Manitoba announces new publishing tax credit
It got a little easier to be a publisher in Manitoba, as provincial Minister of Culture, Heritage, Tourism and Sport Eric Robinson announced a new... Read the rest »
Canadians shortlisted for U.S. comics awards
Several Canadian comics artists have been nominated for the 2008 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards in the U.S, including: The... Read the rest »
Marsden wins National Business Book Award
A book that takes aim at Alberta’s environmental record and the oil industry’s business practices has won this year’s National Business Book Award. William Marsden’s... Read the rest »
Sony digital reader coming to Canada
As Sony prepares to launch its Reader Digital Book in Canada later this month, Canadian publishers are working with the company to make their e-books... Read the rest »
London Book Fair: busy, upbeat, but few sales
A good deal of the Canadian publishing contingent has yet to make its way back from last week’s London Book Fair, but those who have... Read the rest »
New funding for Quebec book industry announced
An extra $1-million will be pumped into Quebec’s provincial book industry funding programs this year. Minister of Culture and Communications Christine St-Pierre announced the new... Read the rest »
