Foreign markets are the future for Canadian publishers facing a nearly maxed-out domestic market, McGill-Queen's University Press head Philip Cercone told the publishers’ forum at the 10th annual Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival in Montreal ... Read More »

In an attempt to boost sales, distributor North 49 Books has announced a new offer to independent booksellers: an added 2% discount above and beyond the current 40%. The offer, which company president Peter Waldock ... Read More »

Penguin Canada is taking over Canadian sales and distribution of Bloomsbury and Walker Books from Raincoast Books, which has been representing Bloomsbury in Canada since 1995. As of Aug. 1, Penguin Canada will be selling ... Read More »

Surprising many in the Canadian publishing industry this week, the U.S. division of the publishing multinational Hachette Livre announced plans to open a Toronto office in September of this year and to distribute its own ... Read More »