Not content to let Oprah completely dominate the media landscape, Canada’s own talk-show queen, Dini Petty, will release her first children’s book this fall. Entitled The Queen, the Bear, and the Bumblebee, it tells the ... Read More »

For the second time in as many months, bookseller Celia Duthie has surprised B.C.’s book trade – this time by announcing she was scrapping plans to enter a partnership with a group of Calgary investors.Duthie ... Read More »

The situation looks good for Canadian writers alleging copyright violations by contentville.com, now that the controversial web site has reached an agreement in principles with the U.S. National Writers Union, according to the Periodical Writers ... Read More »

What’s happening at ChaptersGlobe.com? The site – once touted by Chapters with the slogan “Millions of books. One convenient location” – still exists, but appears to be suffering from an extreme case of neglect. A ... Read More »

San Francisco-based computer book publisher IDG Books has acquired a 49% stake in Macmillan Canada, cementing a long-standing marketing relationship between the two firms that resulted in about $45-million in Canadian sales of Dummies guides.Canada ... Read More »

There was heavy traffic at the Barnes & Noble web site yesterday when the Internet retailer made the Microsoft Reader software program available as a free download for PC users. The offer marks the long-awaited ... Read More »

While other booksellers eagerly await their allotment of the next printing of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Indigo Books appears to have found a supplier with plenty of copies on hand – of ... Read More »

Eight writers have signed on for a gruelling writing schedule this holiday weekend to participate in the eighth annual Novel Marathon for Literacy.The fundraiser, held at The Ginger Press Bookshop & Cafe in Owen Sound, ... Read More »

Landing a two-book deal takes on a literal meaning for 25-year-old Kevin Armstrong, an Edmonton native who recently placed a short story collection and an unwritten novel with Penguin – while crewing on a yacht ... Read More »

We’re talking trickle, not deluge, but a few more publishers are testing e-book distribution through the Seattle-based e-book vendor Publishing Online, which opened a Canadian sales office in February. Whitecap Books, NapoleonPublishing/Rendezvous Press, and Broken ... Read More »