Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

HMV ups book offerings

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Music retailer HMV Canada is adding books to its retail mix, and it’s using Stephenie Meyers’ novel Breaking Dawn, to be released this Saturday, as the flashpoint. HMV will stock the Meyers book in stores ... Read More »

July 31, 2008

Indigo marches on

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In first-quarter results released this week, Indigo showed gains in all retail channels. The chain’s total revenues for the three months ending June 28 came in at $191-million, up 3% from $185-million in the same ... Read More »

July 31, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

PubFight heats up

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Competition is heating up for the inaugural season of PubFight, the industry "fantasy league" organized by BookNet Canada, which uses actual sales data to track players’ rankings. So far, six leagues have been set up, ... Read More »

July 31, 2008

Wilf Clarke out at Fenn

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Vice-president of sales Wilf Clarke is out at H.B. Fenn and Company, a move president and CEO Harold Fenn describes as part of a larger shakeup that may have ramifications for staff at Key Porter ... Read More »

July 28, 2008

Deals: July 23, 2008

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Penguin Canada editorial director Andrea Magyar has bought world rights to Healthy Sin Foods, a collection of nutritional advice and recipes by Canadian nutritionist Joey Shulman. Publication is scheduled for January 2010. Magyar has also ... Read More »

July 28, 2008 | Filed under: Book news