Some accused management of intimidation, others disagreed – but a majority of General Publishing’s warehouse employees voted early in February to unionize. The provincial Ministry of Labour should certify the move within weeks, and General ... Read More »

Pearson International has made two top-level changes at its new acquisition, Prentice Hall Canada. Federal officials haven’t yet approved the merger of the Canadian subsidiary of Addison Wesley Longman (another Pearson company) with Prentice Hall ... Read More »

The sign in the store window said it all: Extinction sale.By early February, the shelves were already bare at Albert Britnell Book Shop – one week after the historic Toronto store announced plans to close. ... Read More »

In the wake of Pierre Trudeau’s death last Thursday, the book trade is gearing up for increased interest in the influential man many idolized, some disliked, and about whom everyone had an opinion. The news ... Read More »

HONOURABLE MENTION• Celia Duthie, president of Duthie Books, will be awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree this spring by Simon Fraser University for her contribution to the life of British Columbia and Canada. Duthie ... Read More »

Men no longer outnumber women in sales, but there was a time when they did. During the industry’s early years, publishers’ sales forces were exclusively male. The itinerant life of a “traveller” – as reps ... Read More »

In an industry already dominated by women, publicity and marketing stands out as publishing’s pinkest ghetto. Membership in the Book Promoters’ Association of Canada, the industry-wide organization for publicists and marketers, is almost exclusively female. ... Read More »