Transcontinental Printing has announced plans to close one of its book-printing plants as part of a reorganization that will increase the company’s book-printing operations overall, according to a company spokesperson.The 35-year-old Métropole Litho plant in ... Read More »

Having introduced a CD-ROM version of The Canadian Encyclopedia last year, McClelland & Stewart now plans to take its venerable reference title into a new format: DVD (digital versatile disc). The move is designed to ... Read More »

CanCopy has reached a five-year licensing agreement that will cover photocopying in elementary and secondary schools across Canada except Quebec. The Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC) negotiated the all-in-one licence with CanCopy on ... Read More »

HarperCollins Canada is set to complete its absorption of the Hearst Book Group of Canada, and has hired four Hearst employees, including director Ann Ledden. However, the company still faces the task of combining publicity ... Read More »

Canadian publishers were dealt a triple blow by the recent news that Book-of-the-Month Club was closing its independent Canadian operation. Not only did the decision eliminate a long-standing market for domestic titles and further erode ... Read More »

Pegasus Wholesale came to terms last month with two Canadian-owned publishers and made progress with others, but appears no closer to signing with some of the country’s largest trade book suppliers, including Random House of ... Read More »

When word got out among booksellers that Vancouver’s Whitecap Books was not planning to attend this year’s Canadian Booksellers Association convention and trade show, the long-time exhibitor was flooded with requests from independents that it ... Read More »

A U.S.-owned hardware chain that stocks books appears to have triggered the first deterrence test of Canada’s new copyright law. But it looks like domestic exclusive distributors may end up resolving this and other buying-around ... Read More »