Poking fun at the conventions of jacket copy is one of publishing’s favourite behind-the-scenes pastimes. It’s practically a given now that cover descriptions will be so vague as to say nothing about the actual story, ... Read More »

The current climate of newspaper cuts and declining readership has not been good for book reviews. The Montreal Gazette is likely cutting its books coverage (at press time no final decision had been announced), whilefree-press/> ... Read More »

Succession planning is a hot topic in book circles these days. Linger at a publishing cocktail party and you’ll hear plenty of whispering about rumoured deals and retirement goals. And given that a 2003 Heritage ... Read More »

One of the surprise hits in Canadian publishing of late was CS Richardson’s The End of the Alphabet (Doubleday Canada), a slim, handsomely designed novel about a man who goes traveling after discovering he has ... Read More »

One Saturday last October, John Cheyne realized his store was in jeopardy. “That was a five-rye night,” says the owner of Book Express in Cambridge, Ontario. The rising Canadian dollar and bad press over book ... Read More »

Last June, the five women behind the Best of Bridge cookbook series, that 32-year-old Canadian self-publishing phenomenon, hung up their aprons for good, licensing their name and all of their backlist titles to Robert Rose ... Read More »