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Labonté becomes fiction editor at D&M

Chris Labonté has been promoted to acquiring editor for fiction at Douglas & McIntyre, where he has worked as assistant to publisher Scott McIntyre since 2005. For now, Labonté declines to comment on what his ... Read More »

December 10, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Gary is testing

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Here is some text entered into the window here in ... Read More »

December 10, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Rebeiro stepping down at Playwrights Canada Press

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After 17 years with Playwrights Canada Press, publisher Angela Rebeiro is retiring. She’ll be leaving the house in the hands of current associate publisher Annie Gibson, who officially takes over as publisher on Jan. 1. ... Read More »

December 10, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Meisner and de Groot to join forces

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Two Toronto-based freelance book publicists will be teaming up in the new year. Susan Meisner and Debby de Groot will officially launch Meisner, de Groot and Associates on January 2. The two were scheduled to ... Read More »

December 10, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

BookNet Canada bestsellers: top 20 overall titles

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This week’s list covers the top overall titles for the week ending Dec. 2, as tracked by BookNet Canada’s BNC SalesData service. Next week's list will focus on the top 20 Canadian titles. Oprah's anointing ... Read More »

December 7, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Rajani moves from Raincoast to Self-Counsel

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After eight years at Raincoast Books, senior publicist Selina Rajani is preparing to move on. She has accepted an offer from the Vancouver-based Self-Counsel Press to join as publicity manager. For the past several years, ... Read More »

December 6, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Book news, Industry news

New publisher, staff shuffle at Canadian Scholars’ Press

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Canadian Scholars’ Press and its subsidiary imprints, Women’s Press and Kellom, have a new publisher. Paul Eprile, previously the editorial co-ordinator at Between the Lines, came on board Dec. 1 to fill the newly created ... Read More »

December 6, 2007

Second Story picks up Quebec imprint

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Second Story Press has signed on to represent Smith, Bonappétit and Son – the English-language imprint of Montreal publisher Éditions Les 400 Coups – in English Canada, beginning with the spring 2008 list. Second Story ... Read More »

December 6, 2007

Booksellers, publishers weigh options as dollar dips

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The Canadian dollar dipped below par this week, and at least one bookseller is pulling back on the consumer discounts it had been offering. But others are holding firm for now, and publishers who had ... Read More »

December 6, 2007

Random eliminates sales director position

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A restructuring at Random House of Canada has led to the layoff of sales manager Michael Januska. Januska mainly oversaw the McClelland & Stewart list; his duties have now fallen to Random sales director James ... Read More »

December 6, 2007

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Quill and Quire

Labonté becomes fiction editor at D&M

Gary is testing

Rebeiro stepping down at Playwrights Canada Press

Meisner and de Groot to join forces

BookNet Canada bestsellers: top 20 overall titles

Rajani moves from Raincoast to Self-Counsel

New publisher, staff shuffle at Canadian Scholars’ Press

Second Story picks up Quebec imprint

Booksellers, publishers weigh options as dollar dips

Random eliminates sales director position

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