Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

UTP profits evaporate in 2002-03

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High returns and slow-moving stock in its troubled distribution division almost wiped out profits at the University of Toronto Press last year, according to the publisher’s annual report, and may account in part for vice-president ... Read More »

November 21, 2003

For the week of Nov. 9, 2003

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New releases1. The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla, Stephen King (Donald M. Grant/Simon & Schuster, $52 hc, 1-880418-56-8)2. Prey, Michael Crichton (HarperCollins, $11.99 mm, 0-00-639297-0)3. The Babes in the Wood, Ruth Rendell (Seal Books/Random House of ... Read More »

November 21, 2003

Pegasus gearing up for sale?

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Truckloads of books landed back on publishers’doorsteps this week and last, as Pegasus unloaded millions of dollars of inventory in what may be an attempt to slim down before an anticipated sale.A source says HarperCollins ... Read More »

November 17, 2003 | Filed under: Book news

Honey, I shrunk the chain

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Gerry Schwartz and Larry Stevenson may not see eye to eye on much, but there seems to be at least one point on which they can agree: the strategic wisdom of vastly under-representing the market ... Read More »

November 17, 2003

Carroll to Schwartz: concede to Amazon

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Gerry Schwartz has said he would merge the online operations of Chapters and Indigo if the proposed takeover of Chapters, by Trilogy Retail Enterpriss, goes ahead.But one prominent e-commerce expert says Schwartz should consider shutting ... Read More »

November 17, 2003