While Gaspereau Press is hoping patient book lovers will wait until copies of Johanna Skibsrud’s Scotiabank Giller Prize–winning novel, The Sentimentalists, land in stores, the book is already shooting up the e-books charts. The novel, ... Read More »

With Tuesday night’s Scotiabank Giller Prize ceremony fast approaching, a number of indie booksellers across the country have shared their thoughts on who will win, who should win, and how the shortlisted titles are selling. ... Read More »

Four months after Apple’s iBookstore debuted in Canada, titles by independent Canadian publishers are beginning to make their way onto the store’s virtual shelves. Over the past few weeks, Second Story Press, ECW Press, Thomas ... Read More »

Heinemann, an imprint of Random House U.K., has acquired U.K. and Commonwealth rights (excluding Canada) to Johanna Skibsrud’s Scotiabank Giller Prize–shortlisted novel The Sentimentalists, published domestically by Nova Scotia–based Gaspereau Press. The deal was arranged ... Read More »

There’s a new publishing association on the scene. The result of a merger between two pre-existing organizations, the Canadian Book Professionals’ Association (CanBPA) will combine the training initiatives of the Book Publishing Professionals’ Association (BPPA) ... Read More »

The Association of Canadian Publishers has nearly finalized plans to spin off its digital publishing arm, known as Canadian Publishers Digital Services, into a separate entity. Before the two organizations split, however, a replacement needs ... Read More »