Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

Convention outlook

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For the past two years Gail Greenwood has been hearing a lot about the obstacles an independent bookseller encounters when it goes head-to-head with Chapters. But now that the chain is poised to open a ... Read More »

February 25, 2004

Riding out the storm

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For someone about to get bookended by a pair of suburban superstores, veteran Winnipeg retailer Holly McNally is feeling very bullish about the climate for selling books. The indie superstore she opened in late 1996, ... Read More »

February 25, 2004

For the week of Jan. 11, 2004

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Hardcover fiction1. New Spring: The Novel, Robert Jordan (Tor Books/H.B. Fenn, $32.95, 0-7653-0629-8)2. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown (Doubleday, $37.95, 0-385-50420-9) 3. Absolute Friends, John le Carre (Viking Canada, $38, 0-670-004489-X)4. The Five People You Meet ... Read More »

February 25, 2004