Bookselling

Indigo to renovate and rebrand six locations

Just days after Indigo Books and Music CEO Heather Reisman announced plans for new locations in Vancouver and Toronto and intent to expand into the U.S. with a new store model, it's been revealed that ... Read More »

May 12, 2015 | Filed under: Bookselling

80 years of Q&Q: CanLit gets down to business

By Q&Q Staff

Authors get organized Decades before online petitions and social media became favoured activist tactics, Canadian authors gathered over drinks to discuss the issues of the day. Grassroots organizations emerged out of late nights at the ... Read More »

April 15, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, Bookselling, Digital publishing and technology

HarperCollins reaches deal with Amazon, staves off “doomsday scenario”

By Steven W. Beattie

Amazon, the world’s largest online book retailer, and HarperCollins, the second-largest of the so-called “big five” publishers in the U.S., have entered into a multiyear contract, avoiding a protracted battle over discounts and pricing. Bloomberg ... Read More »

April 15, 2015 | Filed under: Bookselling

80 years of Q&Q: historically speaking, CanLit moments through the years

By Q&Q Staff

Jack McClelland passes the M&S torch A few years after Jack McClelland (who once said “I am McClelland & Stewart”) sold his beloved M&S to businessman Avie Bennett in 1985, the larger-than-life publisher retired from ... Read More »

April 14, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, Bookselling, People, Writing life

Toronto Comic Arts Festival Shop becomes a permanent fixture

By Becky Robertson

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival has announced that its pop-up festival shop will remain in the Toronto Reference Library for the foreseeable future. Rebranded as Page & Panel: The TCAF Shop, the store offers a ... Read More »

March 18, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, Book news, Bookselling, Events, Libraries

AbeBooks sells single title for more than $190,000

By Becky Robertson

Victoria-based online book marketplace AbeBooks reports the most expensive book sale in its 19-year history was made last month. A 1765 Italian ornithology book, the title of which is translated and shortened to A Natural ... Read More »

February 5, 2015 | Filed under: Book news, Bookselling

Chapters to shutter flagship Vancouver location

By Becky Robertson

Chapters Indigo announced Monday that it will close its 53,000-square-foot flagship store on Vancouver's Robson Street June 30. This follows the shuttering of seven stores last year, including Montreal's flagship store and Toronto's Richmond Street ... Read More »

January 20, 2015 | Filed under: Bookselling

Quebec study looks at Canadian publishers’ export activities

By Becky Robertson

A study published by Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières researcher Stéphane Labbé offers new insights into English-and French-language publishing exports. Labbé, currently completing his Ph.D. in social communications, has more than a decade of experience in ... Read More »

January 12, 2015 | Filed under: Bookselling, Children's publishing

Last-minute gift ideas: indie booksellers hand-pick even more fiction for young readers

By Q&Q Staff

Every fall, independent booksellers and publishers work together to promote a range of new titles published in Canada and internationally. Books for Everybody is a hand-picked selection of books for all interests, including young readers. ... Read More »

December 24, 2014 | Filed under: Bookselling, Children's publishing