In an effort to increase book sales for its winning authors, B.C. Book Prizes has launched a program that will place the winning books on the shelves of school libraries across the province. Bryan Pike, ... Read More »

BookExpo Canada will be greener this year, with almost all of its marketing material, including brochures, exhibitor invitations, and tickets, printed on 100%-post-consumer recycled paper. BookExpo’s director of marketing, Dahlia de Rushe, said that Cascades ... Read More »

Plagiarism doesn’t pay – in fact, it can be costly, as a 12-year-old Quebec girl found out last week. Marie-Pier Côté was forced to admit that she had copied an entire e-book and presented it ... Read More »

The past 12 months have been very busy for Paul McFedries. The prolific computer book author (who has more than 50 titles to his name) says that in his 16-year career, he’s never before been ... Read More »

Jeff Davis, co-owner of Beth’s Books in Grande Prairie, Alberta, says Mrs. Mike, a 1947 novel written by Benedict and Nancy Freedman, has been a bestseller since the store opened its doors in 1993. Basedmrs-mike/> ... Read More »

Long ago, when I had just finished an undergrad degree in English literature and was searching for work that paid more than minimum wage, a friend suggested I try writing romance novels. She was a ... Read More »

At a time when it seems everyone is headed to Alberta to take advantage of the booming oil economy, Calgary entrepreneur Rolfe Swinton is far from home, hoping to help Paris-based CPI, a book manufacturer ... Read More »

Now let’s see if I have this right. To begin with you’re an FNG, or fucking new guy. Unless, maybe, you’re some species of zipperhead. Then you could be a buttonhead or possibly a pouf. ... Read More »