News of the Canadian dollar reaching parity with the U.S. dollar last week came with a lot of bad press for the publishing business. Dual U.S.-Canadian pricing on books made for a useful example in ... Read More »

Indigo entered a new phase of online retailing on Sunday with the launch of a social networking platform that will operate parallel to its already established e-commerce website.Similar to Facebook in design, the Indigo “community” ... Read More »

Harlequin Enterprises is making all of its frontlist titles available in e-book format, claiming that it is the first major publisher to do so. “It’s every single line, every single title, so it’s over 120 ... Read More »

Many organizers of literary festivals have been getting some tantalizing mail from the Department of Canadian Heritage in recent days. Last week, the Conservative government unveiled its revised $30-million version of the sponsorship program, which ... Read More »

Open Book: Toronto is firming up the details of its fall campaign to promote Canadian authors, and, despite a limited budget, executive director Amy Logan Holmes is expecting to see results after an October marketing ... Read More »