Electronic data Interchange (EDI) has been part of the bookselling and publishing industry for over a decade but it hasn’t become part of everyday business for the entire industry – yet.Through EDI, booksellers can electronically ... Read More »

With high-end coffee shops popping up on street corners across the country, Penguin has announced a cross-promotion with what sounds like an ideal corporate partner: Starbucks.The ubiquitous U.S.-based coffee chain – which now has approximately ... Read More »

Chapters has entered into music retailing with the opening of two new superstores in Kingston and London, Ontario. The new locations – which bring the total number of Chapters superstores to 33 – both feature ... Read More »

Perhaps it was a sign of maturity. Or maybe they are just tired of controversy. But whatever the reason, members of The Writers’ Union of Canada found little to get upset about at their 25th ... Read More »

1998 may be the Year of the Survivor. And if so, no one symbolized that more powerfully at this year’s Canadian Booksellers Association trade show than Richard Bachmann, the Burlington, Ontario bookseller who has weathered ... Read More »

Dean Allen doesn’t mind if you compare his web site to the ultra-trendy McSweeney’s, run by U.S. author Dave Eggers. But although Allen’s “Cardigan Industries” site offers a similar brand of oddball humour, Allen points ... Read More »