Employee buyouts are rare in publishing, but a forced divestment of legal publisher Irwin Law by owner Quicklaw has resulted in a sale of Irwin Law to two of its four employees.Company founders Jeffrey Miller, ... Read More »

Following a successful start for her second novel, Downhill Chance, Donna Morrissey has signed a contract for two new novels with Penguin Books Canada.Rocking Her Babies, to be published in 2004, will be set in ... Read More »

A new book industry agency to oversee the supply chain initiative is supposed to be in place by next week, according to a business plan unveiled at BookExpo Canada in late June.But Allan Clarke, director ... Read More »

The Canadian book trade will lose a high-level veteran next month. Wiley Canada president Diane Wood will leave the company on Aug. 15 to study architectural drafting at Nova Scotia Community College.According to a Wiley ... Read More »

Aside from having its logo emblazoned on 1,000 Canada Post trucks across the country, Amazon.ca is ramping up its Canadian marketing efforts in other ways. The site made its print advertising debut in Saturday’s Globe ... Read More »

Michael Hirsh, senior editor and international affairs writer for Newsweek, is doing repeat duty as chairman of the Lionel Gelber Prize jury. This year’s jury lineup for the annual $50,000 prize was announced this week.Besides ... Read More »

Judy Brunsek has been appointed national sales director for B.C.’s Self-Counsel Press, replacing Craig McBride, who left the company about six months ago. Brunsek will travel to Vancouver in mid-August to attend the company’s sales ... Read More »

A first foray to the London Book Fair this spring has paid off for Newfoundland publisher Flanker Press. The St. John’s-based company recently concluded the sale of a memoir to an Irish publisher, marking Flanker’s ... Read More »

Goose Lane Editions has laid off publicity and promotions co-ordinator Ruth Muldrew – partially in response to the General Distribution Services situation, says publisher Susanne Alexander.Alexander says the press has been experiencing cash-flow problems and ... Read More »