Next Wednesday an Ontario court will hear an appeal from Ten Speed Press and a group of Canadian publishers over who owns the receivables arising from the sale of their books: the publishers or their ... Read More »
January 21, 2004
After taking the stage at the Griffin Poetry Prize ceremony last night, Christian Bök delivered an impassioned defence of the avant garde, decrying “the lack of indigenous support for literary experimentation in Canada.”Of course, Bök’s ... Read More »
January 21, 2004
Amazon is gearing up for an official launch of its Canadian operations on June 25 in Toronto, according to an industry source, and yesterday hosted a small group of senior sales and marketing executives at ... Read More »
January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Book news
Doyle takes Downey prize – Brian Doyle has won the Violet Downey Book Award for his children’s novel Mary Ann Alice (Groundwood Books). Established in 1985, the award is presented annually by the National Chapter ... Read More »
January 21, 2004
Having taken some heat in the past for their shipping policies, H.B. Fenn and Company will likely win points with booksellers with a new free freight policy.Beginning June 1, Fenn will offer free freight for ... Read More »
January 21, 2004
Talk of General Publishing’s financial woes and fear of fallout dominated The Writers’ Union of Canada’s annual general meeting, held last weekend in Toronto. Resolutions put forward by members at the meeting have formed the ... Read More »
January 21, 2004
A year after the Indigo-Chapters merger, the chain’s finances show continued improvement – without the mass superstore closings that many predicted.In year-end results released last week, Indigo’s revenues were $735.5-million, an increase of 7.2% from ... Read More »
January 21, 2004
General Publishing will be back in court today seeking a three-month extension to the stay period protecting it from creditors.David Murray, chief restructuring officer for General, said in an affidavit filed with the court last ... Read More »
January 21, 2004
Seventeen years of research has landed archeologist and writer Karolyn Smardz a low-six-figure U.S. deal with American publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Smardz will write about the true story of American fugitive slaves Thornton and ... Read More »
January 21, 2004
In a decision that both sides are claiming is a victory, the Federal Court of Appeal has found the Law Society of Upper Canada to be in violation of copyright. But the court did not ... Read More »
January 21, 2004
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