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Read the writing on my back

Rather than provide free advertising by wearing clothing from corporations that can easily afford to buy marketing campaigns, why not encourage literacy by wearing what you read? The website Literary Rags produces literary themed t-shirts ... Read More »

February 23, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Bookselling

Friday Photo: Chapters from on high

By Leigh Anne Williams

Flickr photographer Nesha captures the merchandising floor of a Toronto Chapters location – we're pretty sure it's the John and Richmond location – from an unusual vantage point. The perspective highlights the canny floor layout, ... Read More »

February 16, 2007 | Filed under: Bookselling

Friday photo: Doull Books

By Nathan Whitlock

This unique bit of book sculpture is one of the attractions of the used bookstore John W. Doull, Bookseller in Halifax, or JWD's, as it is fondly known by Haligonians. Although it may look like ... Read More »

January 26, 2007 | Filed under: Bookselling

He's back: Stevenson returns to Canada

By Leigh Anne Williams

Larry Stevenson is back in Toronto, and Globe and Mail business reporter Gordon Pitts has a Q&A with the Chapters founder. After losing Chapters to Indigo in a hostile takeover, Stevenson reportedly studied at the ... Read More »

January 22, 2007 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

Just say no to publicly funded marketing: Bachmann

By Leigh Anne Williams

Prominent indie bookseller Richard Bachmann has spoken out about the More Canada initiative, in which several Canadian publishers are seeking funding to subsidize display placement for their titles in Indigo and indie bookstores. In a ... Read More »

January 18, 2007 | Filed under: Book news, Bookselling, Opinion

Reissue! Repackage! Re-evaluate the words!

By Leigh Anne Williams

On the Book Standard website, Bookslut's Jessa Crispin looks at one of the fond traditions of the holiday season -- publishers trying to sell us things we already have. She's referring to new deluxe editions ... Read More »

December 7, 2006 | Filed under: Bookselling

Spoils of the fall

By Leigh Anne Williams

The New York Times reports, a little breathlessly, on the busy fall book season in the U.S., with "a traffic jam of big-name authors unleashing top-drawer books." Bookstore shelves are crammed with new books by ... Read More »

October 19, 2006 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

Toys in the bookstore

By Leigh Anne Williams

The Globe and Mail has picked up on Heather Reisman's plans to add more toy offerings to Indigo's product mix. This is old news to industry folk, but the piece does highlight one intriguing stat: ... Read More »

September 21, 2006 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

Frey's money-back guarantee

By Nathan Whitlock

The New York Times confirms a story that appeared on Radaronline.com earlier this week that "James Frey, the author who admitted making up portions of his best-selling memoir, A Million Little Pieces, and his publisher, ... Read More »

September 8, 2006 | Filed under: Authors, Bookselling

HarperCollins continues with Londonstani blitz

By Cassandra Drudi

The Londonstani promotional juggernaut thunders onward and, according to a Globe and Mail story, has now rolled into a couple of GTA theatres. The appearance of Londonstani's book trailer at "the Albion in Etobicoke and ... Read More »

August 16, 2006 | Filed under: Bookselling

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