Several publishers fear they may be bearing the brunt of new co-op terms imposed by Indigo at the beginning of the year. In December, Q&Q reported that, starting Jan. 1, vendors would be paying a ... Read More »
March 21, 2011
The Sleuth of Baker Street, Toronto’s mystery bookstore, is moving to 907 Millwood Road, effective March 19. The new location is just a kilometre away from Sleuth’s longtime address on Bayview Avenue. Proprietor J.D. Singh, ... Read More »
March 17, 2011
Random House of Canada publisher Anne Collins has acquired a new novel by Linden MacIntyre called Why Men Lie, a story of love, longing, and loss in the life of Effie Gillis, the sister ofthe-bishop-s-man-and-more/> ... Read More »
March 17, 2011
Scholastic Canada has hired Cali Hoffman as its new online marketing and print promotions coordinator. A former production editor at Robert Kennedy Publishing, Hoffman has also worked at Firefly Books, and is a graduate of Centennial ... Read More »
March 14, 2011
This week’s announcement that Jordan Fenn has joined McClelland & Stewart as the publisher of a new hockey-themed imprint has raised questions about the status of two separate publishing ventures of which Fenn is still ... Read More »
March 10, 2011
When Enfield & Wizenty associate editor Maurice Mierau was gathering submissions for the imprint’s 2011 Colophon Prize, he was not expecting a manuscript from Shoeless Joe author W.P. Kinsella. Best known for his baseball fiction, ... Read More »
March 10, 2011
Canadian Manda Group has picked up more former clients of the defunct H.B. Fenn and Company. Effective immediately, Manda will take over Canadian sales and marketing for Time Home Entertainment and Oxmoor House, with distribution ... Read More »
March 10, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
On Tuesday, Q&Q reported that jurors for the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize are being provided with digital copies of titles, along with hard-bound copies. However, according to Giller organizer Elena Rabinovitch, e-books are not mandatory ... Read More »
March 9, 2011
Doubleday Canada senior editor Nita Pronovost has acquired Canadian English-language rights to The Natural Order by Brian Francis, about a woman who struggles with the hidden truth behind her son’s untimely death. The book will ... Read More »
March 9, 2011
Last month’s bankruptcy of H.B. Fenn and Company has left booksellers wondering how the company’s biggest former client, Macmillan, plans to serve Canadian accounts. While Macmillan has advised booksellers to source from U.S. wholesaler Ingram ... Read More »
March 9, 2011
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