These are anxious times for Vancouver booksellers. In late June, Duthie Books was still working on a restructuring plan to help the financially troubled mini-chain emerge from its current crisis, having received a 45-day extension ... Read More »

A senior executive from the New York office of the Hearst Book Group met with staff of the company’s Canadian office in late June, but there are still few details about how the recent acquisition ... Read More »

Canadian publishers who receive money under the Book Publishing Industry Development Program will soon be required to include the federal government “wordmark” on every book they print.Allan Clarke, director of publishing policy and programs for ... Read More »

Independent booksellers in Quebec are reeling from a double-whammy thrown their way in June. First came the announcement in mid-month of the creation of a 23-store chain of booksellers through the merger of the Renaud-Bray, ... Read More »