Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

GDS: the aftermath

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As the General Distribution Services situation moved closer to an endgame in August, GDS client publishers were preparing to limp into the fall season, some with reduced staff counts. Meanwhile, at press time it remained ... Read More »

January 9, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

Indies go co-op

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As Indigo establishes clear, uniform co-op guidelines, more independent booksellers are bowing to publisher expectations and offering co-op themselves.Bolen Books in Victoria, B.C., began doing so last summer. “When we expanded our store, we built ... Read More »

January 9, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

Bissoondath novel up for QWF prize

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Canada’s small presses dominate the Quebec Writers Federation annual award shortlists, released last week.Neil Bissoondath’s first book with Cormorant Press, Doing the Heart Good, is up for the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction, along with ... Read More »

January 9, 2004

Eggers novel available all over

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Some booksellers who thought they had a city-wide exclusive to Dave Eggers’ new novel, You Shall Know Our Velocity, are finding out that the book is more widely available than they first thought.Case in point: ... Read More »

January 9, 2004