As the creator of a burgeoning YA series – about teen sleuth Natalie Fuentes – author Emily Pohl-Weary is somewhat sheepish about admitting how little she knows of today’s teens. “It’s kind of ridiculous to ... Read More »
March 5, 2008
Whenever a parental pressure group goes public with a complaint about a controversial book in a school library, there are two predictable responses. First, calls for a ban spark more interest in the book. This ... Read More »
March 5, 2008
It’s been two years since BookNet Canada began measuring retail book sales in this country, and the industry has changed. Publishers are now making more informed printing and marketing decisions, and booksellers are better able ... Read More »
March 5, 2008
Publishers that import American titles aren’t the only ones scrambling to determine optimal pricing strategies. Canadian houses that sell directly into the U.S. – and often print two prices on their books – are doing ... Read More »
March 5, 2008
It’s no surprise that the library sector is helping to fuel the early demand for downloadable audiobooks. “They’re tech-crazy,” says Rattling Books’ Janet Russell. “It’s kind of dangerous in a way – they’re going to ... Read More »
March 5, 2008
For more than a decade, Goose Lane Editions has been one of the few Canadian publishers with a steady audiobook line, thanks to a long-running partnership with CBC Radio’s Between the Covers series. For the ... Read More »
March 5, 2008
Can anything else on Earth compare with it? The speed, the teamwork, the virtuoso displays of skill interspersed with regular outbursts of insane violence? Yup, you can’t beat a Canadian federal election. I’m going out ... Read More »
March 5, 2008
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