Chapters Online’s drive for profitability resulted in a major public relations gaffe last month. The company hired a collection agency to chase down overdue accounts – but didn’t check to ensure the customers had actually ... Read More »

The merger of Chapters and Indigo is a done deal. After two days of hearings, the Competition Tribunal ruled this afternoon that the draft consent order negotiated between the Competition Bureau and Trilogy will be ... Read More »

BookManager designer Michael Neill has launched a new database service to help booksellers speed up the process of locating titles. Called PubStock, the service consolidates a daily database from various book sources, which booksellers may ... Read More »

Key Porter previewed its first e-book venture at BookExpo Canada last weekend, but the company is still seeking venues for a commercial electronic release of Wintergreen, by World Wildlife Fund Canada (WWF) president Monte Hummel. ... Read More »

The bankrupt Somerville House Books has about $415,000 in assets, according to a trustee’s estimate, but none of that will go to the company’s creators, creditors were told at a meeting in Toronto on Tuesday.According ... Read More »

Top-10 religious and spiritual titlesFor the month of October, based on information from more than 160 independent booksellers.1 The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual EnlightenmentEckhart Tolle, Namaste/Dempsey, $26.952 The Geometry of LoveMargaret Visser, HarperFlamingo Canada, ... Read More »