Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

The price of PExOD

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A bibliographic-data software program developed by Simon Fraser University’s publishing department will be available to publishers this May. But the university is still working on a business model that would fund the project with less ... Read More »

February 11, 2004

The OLA’s generation gap

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At a seminar at the Ontario Library Association’s Super Conference in January, Brian Cantwell Smith, the dean of the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information Studies, was looking for help in shaping the school’s direction. ... Read More »

February 11, 2004

Back to their roots

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For most authors, the ideal career path has traditionally led to one of the largest publishing houses, where big sales, publicity attention, and award recognition are thought to lie. But recent developments are undermining those ... Read More »

February 11, 2004

CLA ‘99 preview

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One group sells, the other lends, but booksellers and librarians will discuss their common interest in the fate of books at this year’s combined Canadian Booksellers Association and Canadian Library Association conference. Billed as a ... Read More »

February 11, 2004

99 tears

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Since Wayne Gretzky announced his retirement from the NHL in mid-April, rumours of memorial book projects have abounded. Key Porter Books appears to have won the race – it shipped Wayne Gretzky: The Great Goodbye ... Read More »

February 11, 2004