Don’t assume that the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the case of New York Times versus Tasini will influence a similar lawsuit over the electronic reproduction of freelancers’ work in Canada. That’s the message from ... Read More »

Two Hamilton booksellers are off to a Mexican beach house courtesy of Thomas Allen & Son and Leon Rooke, following a promotional contest for Rooke’s new short-story collection Painting the Dog.The competition called for booksellers ... Read More »

The Canadian Booksellers Association’s new president says the group’s board of directors has established a 30-day plan to respond to concerns that erupted at the annual general meeting at BookExpo Canada on Sunday. But it ... Read More »

A review of the Canadian publishing industry released yesterday by the Association of Canadian Publishers (ACP) advocates foreign ownership in Canadian book retailing under certain conditions.The stance is not supported by the ACP, says association ... Read More »

Editors should edit, says Michael Korda, not aspire to be publishers. In Toronto this week to promote his latest book, Country Matters, the author and Simon & Schuster editor-in-chief offered a plain-spoken, editor’s-eye view of ... Read More »

Publishing veteran Stephen Quick has taken a position as a program officer for the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP). Quick, until recently a buyer and marketing consultant for Montreal bookstore Renaud-Bray, will work on ... Read More »

Books in Canada publisher Adrian Stein has received a reprieve on his latest financial woes, and says the relaunch of the magazine is still on schedule. The controversial publisher was in Ontario Superior Court on ... Read More »

Between 200 and 300 high school libraries across Canada will receive a free copy of Wayne Johnston’s memoir Baltimore’s Mansion, which won the inaugural Charles Taylor Prize for non-fiction last year. In an effort to ... Read More »

Two new distribution deals and two strong titles helped Warwick Communications nearly double its annual sales last year. According to the company’s recently released consolidated financial statements, Warwick’s sales increased topped $2-million in 2000, an ... Read More »