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Books and magazines distributor Benjamin News shutting down after 97 years

After nearly 100 years in the business, Quebec-based books and magazines distributor Benjamin News has announced plans to shut down, effective April 4. The family-run company, started in 1917 by "blind newsie" Charles Benjamin, distributes ... Read More »

January 15, 2014 | Filed under: Industry news

Q&Q publishing industry survey suggests job satisfaction despite stagnant salaries, gender bias

By Stuart Woods

What is it like to work in book publishing in 2013? In some ways it has always been thus: publishing professionals are generally overworked and underpaid, but content in their chosen careers (if not their ... Read More »

October 3, 2013 | Filed under: Industry news

Nova Scotia responds to publishing industry’s complaints

By Julie Baldassi

The Nova Scotia government has issued a statement in response to formal complaints made by the Canadian Publishers Council and others in the publishing industry regarding a tender awarded to a U.S. company to supply ... Read More »

August 29, 2013 | Filed under: Industry news

Greystone to publish memoir by Green Party leader Elizabeth May

By Julie Baldassi

Vancouver's Greystone Books announced today it has acquired a new work by Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May, set to be published late next year. The untitled book is being billed as a marriage ... Read More »

August 12, 2013 | Filed under: Industry news

Indigo quarterly report reveals decreased in-store sales, flat online sales

By Steven W. Beattie

Indigo Books and Music, Inc. has released its fiscal report for the first quarter of 2013, and the picture it paints does not bode well for the Canadian bookselling sector. Total revenues for the company ... Read More »

August 12, 2013 | Filed under: Industry news

Canadian travel publishing hits its stride

By Laura Kenins

Last August, after John Wiley & Sons sold Frommer's to Google for $22 million, it was rumoured that the travel giant's ubiquitous guidebook series would soon be discontinued. Those concerns appeared to be justified when ... Read More »

August 1, 2013 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

Clobbering the competition at BookNet Canada’s PubFight

By Sue Carter

Publishing is a competitive industry, but perhaps no more so than during PubFight season, an annual fantasy publishing game that pits professionals against each other using live sales data. Q&Q spoke to BookNet Canada CEO ... Read More »

July 11, 2013 | Filed under: Industry news

Apple found liable of conspiring with publishers to raise ebook prices

By Stuart Woods

The first act in the ebook price-fixing lawsuit has drawn to close, with Judge Denise Cote ruling that Apple conspired, along with publishers, to raise ebook prices by introducing agency pricing. Reuters, which was first ... Read More »

July 10, 2013 | Filed under: Industry news

Penguin Random House names Canadian executive

By Stuart Woods

On Monday, Pearson and Bertelsmann finalized the merger of their respective trade publishing divisions, Penguin and Random House. According to a press release, the new company, known as Penguin Random House, will employ more than ... Read More »

July 2, 2013 | Filed under: Industry news

Robert Kennedy Publishing shuts down

By Sue Carter

A little more than a year after taking over Robert Kennedy Publishing, CEO and publisher Tosca Reno has announced the company's closure. On a blog post on her personal website, Reno confirms that the fitness ... Read More »

June 17, 2013 | Filed under: Industry news

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Books and magazines distributor Benjamin News shutting down after 97 years

Q&Q publishing industry survey suggests job satisfaction despite stagnant salaries, gender bias

Nova Scotia responds to publishing industry’s complaints

Greystone to publish memoir by Green Party leader Elizabeth May

Indigo quarterly report reveals decreased in-store sales, flat online sales

Canadian travel publishing hits its stride

Clobbering the competition at BookNet Canada’s PubFight

Apple found liable of conspiring with publishers to raise ebook prices

Penguin Random House names Canadian executive

Robert Kennedy Publishing shuts down

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