With a new web site aimed at reading groups, Random House of Canada is hoping to use its online presence to connect more directly with consumers. And like the company’s promotional magazine, Read, the new ... Read More »

CDG Books is preparing to launch a branding campaign this fall to highlight their Macmillan Canada imprint. But first the company is polling booksellers and consumers for background and context.“Macmillan has been a lot of ... Read More »

Citing a need to trim costs, Publishing Online, the Seattle-based e-book distributor, says it won’t replace its Canadian representative. Dahlia Riback announced this week that she was leaving the company for personal reasons.Riback, who has ... Read More »

Random House of Canada has reorganized its sales force, a move designed to improve service by creating more of a team-based management structure that is less hierarchical, says Brad Martin, executive vice-president and director of ... Read More »

Random House of Canada is hoping the movie release of Lost and Delirious will boost sales of the source novel, Susan Swan’s The Wives of Bath. But the difference in titles is making the job ... Read More »

Maya Mavjee’s star has risen a little higher in the Random House of Canada universe. Mavjee has joined the ranks of the company’s vice-presidents, while retaining her title of publisher of Doubleday Canada and Anchor ... Read More »

Adrian Stein, the embattled publisher of Books in Canada magazine, has been granted a second reprieve in his fight to fend off personal bankruptcy. Stein was slated to appear in court on Friday – rescheduled ... Read More »

The e-book revolution may have not yet arrived, but one more conventional printer has decided that it had better be ready. Toronto-based Webcom has struck up a partnership with iUniverse, a U.S. digital content company, ... Read More »

The Harry Potter frenzy may be subsiding, but Raincoast Books is expecting the whirlwind surrounding J.K. Rowling’s character to pick up again later this year with a new movie adaptation. And for the coming trade ... Read More »