Vancouver writers Timothy Taylor and Andrew Gray are two names to remember. Both are finalists for this year’s $10,000 Journey Prize, and both have books coming out next year.Taylor is the first author to have ... Read More »

Quicklaw Inc., a Kingston, Ontario-based legal publisher and online database service, has withdrawn an initial public offering planned for this fall because of poor market conditions. Quicklaw announced in June that shares of the company ... Read More »

U.S.-based online giant Amazon.com is preparing to enter the Canadian market – and it will skirt Investment Canada regulations by running a Canadian web site, and distributing Canadian titles, from its headquarters in Seattle, Washington.Early ... Read More »

The past summer saw many publishers complaining of high returns from Chapters, while few would speak openly about the extent of the damage. Now one publisher has officially named the chain as the source of ... Read More »

Victoria-based Abebooks.com, an Internet database allowing customers to source out-of-print and rare books directly from used bookstores, announced last week it has expanded its customer base to Australia and New Zealand.The company, formed in 1996 ... Read More »

Whoever is slated to win the $2,000 City of Vancouver Book Award will have to wait. The award announcement and presentation to the winner, originally scheduled for today, have been postponed indefinitely due to a ... Read More »

The campaign by some booksellers and publishers in Quebec to have a mandated single price for books scored a major victory last week. A blue ribbon committee set up by the Ministry of Culture and ... Read More »

With the $100,000 (U.S.) grand prize for the year’s best e-book to be handed out in Frankfurt this evening, the book fair is abuzz with e-books. But panelists at a meeting of international rights directors ... Read More »