SpiceBox, a five-year-old Vancouver-based product-development company, has stepped into the international publishing arena. The firm, which creates and sells a variety of early learning products, has acquired the U.K.-based children's book company The Book Studio, ... Read More »

Last week, Toronto-based indie press Coach House Books joined the burgeoning iPhone craze with the creation of the free Coach House Coffee Room iPhone app. The app was designed by Mike Stringer, the publisher’s Web ... Read More »

As part of the events marking Freedom to Read Week, which takes place Feb. 21–27, the Book and Periodical Council is hosting a panel discussion that will draw attention to a recent victory for freedom ... Read More »

Georges Laberge, an innovative pioneer in the Quebec book industry for five decades who also had a major impact on English-Canadian publishing, died in Montreal on Feb. 13, 2010, after a long battle with cancer. ... Read More »

Toronto-based Dundurn Group has come to terms with Amazon to sell Kindle Edition e-books, becoming the first Canadian-owned publisher to publicize a direct sales relationship with Amazon's digital division. Ashleigh Gardner, manager of digital development, ... Read More »

A new independent bookstore is set to open in Toronto on April 2, bucking the trend of failing indie retailers in the city, which in the past year saw the closure of Pages Books and ... Read More »