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Second Story staffers launch new Toronto press

Three staff from Second Story Press have launched a new publishing venture, Sumach Press, that will focus on feminist titles, including literary fiction, women’s issues non-fiction, and young adult fiction. Lois Pike, Beth McAuley, and ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

Duthies sell stake in chain

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After thriving for more than 40 years as a family-owned business, venerable Vancouver book retailer Duthie Books has taken an outside partner. The Duthie family has sold a 51% stake in Duthie Books to a ... Read More »

February 17, 2004

Somerville House debts top $3-million

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Death and taxes may be inevitable, but Somerville House has found a way to delay them.A list of the company’s creditors shows that the children’s packager owes more than $3.1-million, including a whopping $460,000 to ... Read More »

February 17, 2004

Chapters Online projects losses until fall 2001; analyst predicts longer

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Chapters Online financial officer Heather Nicol says the company won’t become “cash-flow positive” until late 2001, but an analyst who monitors the online retailer says even that’s no slam dunk. “By default they’re confined to ... Read More »

February 17, 2004

Big-box war begins in Montreal’s French-language market

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A new Chapters store opening in Montreal on Saturday looks a lot like chain’s other superstore locations, but it represents a departure for Chapters and a definitive move into the French market.About 30% of the ... Read More »

February 17, 2004

Book Express moves books into Sears

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Would you like a book with that backpack?That’s the kind of upsell Book Express is hoping for in a deal it recently signed with Sears to stock travel titles in 11 new Sears travel centres ... Read More »

February 17, 2004

DCH report calls for broad industry changes, but lacks teeth; book industry needs to “get its act together,” says MP

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Booksellers and publishers who hoped the federal government – after seven months of research and hearings including more than 60 witnesses – would propose a solution to vertical integration issues surrounding Chapters and Pegasus will ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Awards, Events

CBA leaves Reed at the altar; we’re the new blushing bride

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Reed is out, and Key Media is considering buying in – but its purchase of the Canadian Booksellers Association trade show depends largely on whether Chapters will return to the annual event. Key Media president ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

Talkin’ Different Drummer 25th anniversary blues

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Author Paul Quarrington won’t be banging a drum to help A Different Drummer Books celebrate its silver anniversary in its current location. But he’ll be playing his guitar. The musically inclined writer, who has performed ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

Move over Jack McClelland, Stoddart plans a REALLY big stunt

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This year’s CBA show may feel a little more like a circus than usual, thanks to Stoddart Publishing’s attempts to crush all other publicity stunts. Stoddart confirmed yesterday that it has lined up an elephant ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

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Second Story staffers launch new Toronto press

Duthies sell stake in chain

Somerville House debts top $3-million

Chapters Online projects losses until fall 2001; analyst predicts longer

Big-box war begins in Montreal’s French-language market

Book Express moves books into Sears

DCH report calls for broad industry changes, but lacks teeth; book industry needs to “get its act together,” says MP

CBA leaves Reed at the altar; we’re the new blushing bride

Talkin’ Different Drummer 25th anniversary blues

Move over Jack McClelland, Stoddart plans a REALLY big stunt

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