Chapters’ failed foray into the wholesaling business is officially over. Less than two years after selling off a stake in its distribution centre in an attempt to create a national wholesaler, Chapters announced yesterday that ... Read More »

The recent supply problems experienced by Chapters affected a new area this month: campus bookselling. McGill University, whose on-campus bookstore has been managed by Chapters Campus Bookstores since 1999, experienced a shortage of some required ... Read More »

There may soon be more unions in Quebec bookstores. Workers at two Archambault book and record stores asked early this week for accreditation as members of the Travailleurs unis de l’alimentation et du commerce (TUAC ... Read More »

Less than a month after launching a new books-related web site, the Globe and Mail appears to have retreated – at least partially – in the battle over electronic rights. The site, globebooks.com, originally included ... Read More »

The long-running battle for control of Chapters took a turn in Trilogy’s favour yesterday, as Future Shop announced that it would not increase its offer for the embattled book chain.The consumer electronics retailer also said ... Read More »

A total of 20 publishers were rushed their 2001 Canadian Heritage operating grants several weeks early this year, Inside Report has learned. The move was reportedly a response to cash crunches caused by returns from ... Read More »

Having lived through the Roaring ’90s, have we entered the Dirty 2000s? As the economy threatens to go bad, works like Margaret Atwood’s The Blind Assassin and the Coen brothers’ film O Brother, Where Art ... Read More »

As the book business awaits the outcome of the struggle for control of Chapters, few publishers will say publicly who they’d prefer to see emerge victorious. But at least one – Jack David of ECW ... Read More »