Canadian publishers eyeing the growing U.S. travel market might take note of Marcia Green’s wish list for new titles: no more guides on the big, overpublished cities, says Green, owner of Ulysses Bookstore in Toronto. ... Read More »

Life at Edmonton's Lone Pine Publishing sounds ideal. After all, what could be more laid back than making nature, recreation, and gardening guides? Daily, the editors huddle with the salt of the earth: the biologists ... Read More »

Interest in Canada is so strong at Powell’s Travel Books in Portland, Oregon, staff sometimes tell customers to contact Canadian tourism commissions for more information because they can’t keep enough books and maps in stock ... Read More »

Ah, to be relaxing over black tea sweetened with yak butter while trekking through the foothills of the Himalayas. Many of us imagine these heady moments of adventure, yet never get to experience them firsthand. ... Read More »

Canada has lost one of its few bookstores devoted specifically to the travel market.But while a sense of defeat surrounds the final days of many independent bookstores, Ulysses Travel Bookshop in Toronto has closed its ... Read More »

Annick Press is exploring new terrain with its series of travel adventure books for young readers, launched last spring with 52 Days by Camel, an account of author Lawrie Raskin’s trip across the Sahara desert. ... Read More »

Perhaps you remember the sandlot version of paper-scissors-rock: the tossing of a baseball bat from one captain to the other, the catch, the anticipation as their hands alternately crept up the bat handle until, finally, ... Read More »

When the Toronto Maple Leafs announced their final game at Maple Leaf Gardens on Feb. 13, a swell of sentiment seemed inevitable – as did a frantic round of souvenir-hunting. To meet the expected demand, ... Read More »

Delved into the self-help section at your local bookstore lately? If you have, you’re probably a woman. Most book retailers estimate women of all ages account for as much as 80% of the self-help market. The ... Read More »

The facts are confusing and almost mutually contradictory. In the world of science fiction and fantasy, sales and profits are up, at least in certain areas. Many bookstores are devoting more rack space to these ... Read More »