This year’s Canada Book Day coupon initiative isn’t shaping up to be a resounding success – unless thousands of book buyers are waiting to claim their discounts later this month.Booksellers contacted by Inside Report yesterday ... Read More »

Dorling Kindersley is finally establishing its much-anticipated Canadian beachhead, though not in the way the U.K.-based publishing company had originally hoped. DK’s plans to set up a Canadian publishing division, headed by former Reader’s Digest ... Read More »

Brad Martin, Random House of Canada’s sales and marketing director, says it was just a matter of time before RHC came to terms with Pegasus Wholesale. Part of the delay, he says, was due to ... Read More »

McClelland & Stewart now has one more reason to bill itself as “the Canadian publisher”: it may be the only house in the country to boast a moose outside its front door. Downtown Toronto is ... Read More »

A team of scholars from six Canadian universities is working on a comprehensive history of the book in Canada – and they’re looking for input from people working in the publishing industry.The three-volume series will ... Read More »

By most accounts, Rick Segal’s leap from Chapters Online to Microform, announced earlier this week, hasn’t altered life much at the Canadian industry’s e-commerce giant. Despite ample press coverage and the fact that a Yorkton ... Read More »

Expect new job openings in McGraw-Hill Ryerson’s marketing department. McGraw-Hill U.S.announced on Monday that it will spend close to $635-million (U.S.) to purchase the five separate divisions that make up Tribune Education. The deal, which ... Read More »

Universities across Canada are taking publishing houses under their wing. Just days after news broke that the University of Toronto is taking a 75% stake in McClelland & Stewart, Red Deer Press has announced a ... Read More »

On July 1, McClelland & Stewart will be officially reborn as a property of the University of Toronto, but yesterday’s surprise announcement, hailed as a major act of philanthropy, raised questions about the university’s long-term ... Read More »