CCH names new president and CEOCCH Canadian has a new president and CEO. The Toronto-based tax and legal publisher has named Ian Rhind to the position.Rhind was most recently vice-president of tax compliance software for ... Read More »

McGraw-Hill Ryerson’s trade division continued to underperform in fiscal 2001, according to the company’s recently released year-end results. The company cited the Indigo-Chapters merger as the principal cause for trade numbers that included a 27% ... Read More »

Following closely on the critical and commercial success of The Ash Garden, Dennis Bock has wasted no time in announcing his next project. And HarperCollins Canada hasn’t thought twice about snapping it up. On the ... Read More »

Scheduling problems have Macfarlane Walter & Ross postponing two spring titles until next fall – and implementing longer production timelines for future books.The double postponement means MW&R won’t be releasing any new titles this spring, ... Read More »

HarperCollins Canada announced yesterday that it has hired a new director of publicity, Martha Watson. On the same day, Watson’s current employer, McArthur & Company, announced that it has replaced her as vice-president of publicity ... Read More »

After raising more than $1-million for charity over the past year with two J.K. Rowling titles, Raincoast Books is preparing to move to non-returnable terms on the books.As of Mar. 1, Fantastic Beasts & Where ... Read More »

A film adaptation of Edward Riche’s Rare Birds, opening next week, has given the 1997 novel a sales boost – but since the film is an independent Canadian production, no Hollywood-style marketing push is in ... Read More »

Publishers and booksellers who deal in book imports may want to start paying especially close attention to the paperwork. In April the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency will introduce new penalties for improper reporting of ... Read More »

Munro nominated for U.S. critics prize – Alice Munro’s latest collection of short stories, Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage, has made the shortlist for the National Book Critics Circle award in the fiction category. The ... Read More »