Three of ITP Nelson’s top executives have been laid off. Tom Paul, CEO of Nelson’s parent company, International Thomas Publishing, advised staff in an Aug. 11 letter that Herb Hilderley had been replaced by George ... Read More »

Former HarperCollins Canada boss Ed Carson may soon acquire an equity stake in Distican, the mass market distribution outfit founded and owned by Susan Stoddart. “I think that’s something the future might hold,” Carson said ... Read More »

For someone hired to build up a publishing program, Don Sedgwick, during his first two years as vice-president and publisher of Doubleday Canada and Seal Books, has spent a lot of time tearing apart an ... Read More »

The e-mail from Georgia was good news indeed. A southern gentleman wanted to buy Bernie Springs entire stock of logging, railway-logging, and logging equipment books. Everything. And not just what Spring had in at the ... Read More »

With all the pressures of the publishing Christmas party circuit - catering, decorations, endless schmoozing - the annual Book Publishers' Professional Association Cabaret offers a pleasant respite, a chance to sit back and let someone ... Read More »

The founder of a Toronto academic bookstore has died. Bob Miller, who had been suffering from cancer, passed away on Dec. 11 at the age of 84.An ordained United Church minister, Miller opened the Bob ... Read More »

An online creative writing group has moved into print publication this month with an anthology of fiction and non-fiction pieces about Christmas.Tales of Christmas: Short Stories from Canadian Writers, published by St. John’s-based Jesperson Publishing, ... Read More »

A new producer of Canadian audiobooks in St. John’s, Newfoundland, has launched with four titles.Janet Russell became hooked on audio while producing “Open Air,” a weekly natural history program broadcast on multiple university radio stations. ... Read More »