At the cinema, you might grab a copy of a free movie magazine while waiting for the show to begin. And soon consumers will be able to peruse READ Magazine while standing at the cash ... Read More »
February 19, 2004
Just when you thought the world was safe from computer-assisted catastrophe, along comes an event that threatens to throw book retailing – or at least the software that administers it – into disarray.Jan. 1, 2006 ... Read More »
February 19, 2004
ContentGuard, a recent Xerox spinoff that has Microsoft as a minority investor, visited Toronto last week to pitch its services to a new industry task force looking at digital rights management (DRM) systems. And although ... Read More »
February 19, 2004
The first annual Atlantic Book Week kicks off tomorrow with the launch of a new prize for children’s literature. The inaugural Hackmatack Children’s Choice Award is modelled after similar children’s choice awards like the Silver ... Read More »
February 19, 2004
The international profile of the Giller Prize, rising steadily during recent years, will get a further boost in NewYork this September. A celebration of the fiction award and its previous winners and nominees is being ... Read More »
February 19, 2004
Michael Ondaatje’s Anil’s Ghost – that’s pronounced “Ahhhnil,” by the way, according to his NewYork agent – is hitting bestseller lists everywhere. Currently No. 1 on lists compiled by the Globe and Mail, the National ... Read More »
February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Book news
There’s nothing new about Jack Stoddart buying a stake in a publishing company, but this is the first time he’s ventured outside the traditional book industry to do it. Stoddart Publishing has taken a minority ... Read More »
February 19, 2004
Knowing who to call to license electronic rights may soon be simpler, since the Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (CanCopy) and The Electronic Rights Licensing Agency (TERLA) now plan to merge. Both groups already share the ... Read More »
February 19, 2004
A new link in the Black Bond Books chain is scheduled to open this August in Mission, B.C. Located in The Junction – a shopping mall anchored by a mega-theatre complex and the largest London ... Read More »
February 19, 2004
Somerville House president Jane Somerville says she has now terminated all her employees and lost control of the company’s remaining assets.Standing amid stacks of cardboard moving boxes – a display of Titanic Book and Submersible ... Read More »
February 19, 2004
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