There are some who’d say that anyone entering the book business these days has a death wish. There’s so much competition, profit margins are low, and who’s reading, anyway? A new player in Montreal knows ... Read More »

The occasional practice of embargoing books until their publication date brings into focus the relationship – sometimes symbiotic, sometimes confrontational – between journalists and publicists.There were, this fall season, two noteworthy embargoes. The one that ... Read More »

Wven on days when the Frankfurt Book Fair is open to the public, there are few locals who leave the bustling German halls and make the long trip to isolated Hall 8, which houses the ... Read More »

Several years ago, longtime business partners Phyllis Hinz and Lamont Mackay closed their profitable catering company in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, and embarked on a new, decidedly more risky venture. After selling their respective houses and using ... Read More »

Q&Q asked Kolin Lymworth of Banyen Books in Vancouver, B.C., to compile a list of yoga-related titles suitable for general trade booksellers looking to beef up their offerings in the category. Ideally, bookstores should create ... Read More »

Is the Christian book market an untapped opportunity for Canadian publishers? The recent sales success of books like Rick Warren’s The Purpose Driven Life and Tom Harpur’s The Pagan Christ suggest that it is. But ... Read More »