Quill and Quire

by Q&Q Staff

Marketing magic

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Far-reaching global changes affecting the centuries-old bookselling industry have presented some complex problems for independent retail booksellers, with no easy solutions in sight. Technology – specifically e-commerce – and the emergence of large bookstore chains ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

Ottawa’s answer

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I might never have read Anne Carson’s Autobiography of Red had it not been for a clerk at This Ain’t the Rosedale Library who insisted that I read it and to whom I’m gratefully in ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Events

When children vanish

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A stone-flagged dungeon seems an ill-suited place to interview an author whose forthcoming book is set on the isolated heights of Montana’s Glacier National Park. But there we sit in low-slung overstuffed armchairs – ignored ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Events

GDS paying clients again

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General Distribution Services appears to be slowly recovering from the cash-flow problems that have disrupted payments to client publishers since late last year. Several publishers contacted by Q&Q say the distributor has brought the majority ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

Dundurn’s shopping

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Kirk Howard is shopping. The Dundurn Press president has just started a new fiscal year, and before it ends he wants to add a new company to his stable.Howard says he hasn’t yet made any ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Events

The internationalists

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When Scott McIntyre was offered a proposal for a book about Sir Francis Drake last year, he faced a dilemma. Here was an interesting project written by a Canadian, geographer Samuel Bawlf, promising new revelations ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Events

Authors unbound

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The literary gala is an unusual event. On these rare occasions, writers emerge from dark studies, put on presentable (for the most part) outfits, and venture into the company of their adoring fans – and, ... Read More »

February 9, 2004

The turtle turns fifteen

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Activity and how-to books are big this spring, with titles on everything from bugs to ballet, and sex to soccer to saving the environment. TV shows – from the popular bald-headed preschooler Caillou on PBS ... Read More »

February 9, 2004 | Filed under: Book links