Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

Gutter’s publisher steps down

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Gutter Press is looking for a new publisher or a new owner – or both.Ed Sluga, the publisher of the Toronto-based small-press, has stepped down for personal reasons and is seeking a replacement. “Vanz [Chapman, ... Read More »

December 16, 2004

Risk aversion

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Doubleday Canada publisher Maya Mavjee and assistant editor Nicholas Massey-Garrison have signed a deal with financial advisor Ron Dembo and author Daniel Stoffman for Upside Downside: Three Rules of Financial Risk. As the title implies, ... Read More »

December 15, 2004

Packing heat

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The publishers of Pound, Canada’s largest hip-hop and urban culture magazine, have teamed up with Random House Canada associate editor Craig Pyette to deliver the tentatively titled Enter the Babylon System. Christian Pearce and Rodrigo ... Read More »

December 15, 2004

Deals follow Frankfurt

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There was no consensus "book of the fair" at Frankfurt this year, but that lack of attention for any one title may have made for a more even-keeled and productive week at the publishing world’s ... Read More »

December 14, 2004

SAP slows Indigo’s fall orders

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Indigo’s orders of some major fall titles came weeks after the books’ publication dates, and the delays have been attributed to complications arising from the SAP software that was implemented this spring, say publishers. Still, ... Read More »

December 14, 2004

Cracking the barcode

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The string of numbers that make up an EAN Bookland barcode and an ISBN may be a small detail on a book’s back cover, but two upcoming changes regarding these identifiers are going to affect ... Read More »

December 14, 2004

More Canada for OUP

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Oxford University Press Canada’s centennial might be remembered for marking a move away from representing imported titles from the U.S. and the U.K. to publishing more homegrown books, says Krystyna Ross, the firm’s new vice-president ... Read More »

December 14, 2004

How Latin litters our language

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Introducing a new recurring department, by Toronto editor and writer Ian Coutts, on grammar and language usage.Quick: Into how many parts is Gaul divided? What is the ablative case? Can you decline the verb amo?Most ... Read More »

December 14, 2004

Dancing to the music of my time

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Every writer’s existence is chaotic by definition. Writing is the worst life. You’re only as good as your most recent book and you’re always competing with yourself. Yet it is the best life because there ... Read More »

December 14, 2004