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ECW Press launches pop culture series

When U.K. publisher Continuum put out a call for its popular 33 1/3 music-essay series earlier this year, it received 471 submissions. Judging from that number, Toronto's ECW Press will have no problems finding people ... Read More »

July 19, 2012 | Filed under: Industry news

Tish Cohen, Trevor Cole to publish with Good Reads adult literacy series

By Natalie Samson

Tish Cohen and Trevor Cole are the latest Canadian authors to publish original short novels with Good Reads, the book series for adult litearcy and EFL learners co-published by Edmonton's Grass Roots Press and ABC ... Read More »

June 27, 2012 | Filed under: Industry news

Random House of Canada merges M&S and Doubleday Canada into new group

By Sue Carter

Random House of Canada has announced the creation of the McClelland & Stewart Doubleday Canada Publishing Group, which pulls two of its imprints, McClelland & Stewart and Doubleday Canada, into a new publishing division. A ... Read More »

June 20, 2012 | Filed under: Industry news

PEI pulls publishing grant – again

By Natalie Samson

The government of Prince Edward Island has axed a subsidy designed to support the province's publishers. The Island Publishers Support Program offered up to $10,000 to PEI publishers to "encourage and develop Prince Edward Island ... Read More »

June 19, 2012 | Filed under: Industry news

Macmillan, Penguin fire back at U.S. Department of Justice

By Steven W. Beattie

Two of the publishers named in a U.S. antitrust lawsuit alleging illegal price fixing of ebooks have shot back at the Department of Justice in affidavits filed last week in New York. In an affidavit ... Read More »

June 4, 2012 | Filed under: Industry news

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to file for Chapter 11

By Natalie Samson

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has initiated bankruptcy proceedings, The New York Times reports. The Boston-based education and trade publisher will file for protection under Chapter 11 in order to wipe out a debt of approximately $3.1 ... Read More »

May 11, 2012 | Filed under: Industry news

Killer comics, part one: Koyama Publishing and Conundrum Press

By Stuart Woods

In less than a decade, the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (May 5“6) has grown from a niche event into an annual gathering that attracts upward of 15,000 attendees. In the May 2012 issue, Q&Q takes ... Read More »

May 3, 2012 | Filed under: Industry news

High art: Is Drawn & Quarterly Canada’s greatest unsung publishing success story?

By Sue Carter

(Illustration: Pascal Girard) An early summer rain pounds the Montreal sidewalks, but the Librairie Drawn & Quarterly bookstore, with its exposed brick walls and rustic wood shelves, is a cozy respite from the storm. Drawn ... Read More »

March 27, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news

Random House of Canada launches lifestyle imprint under Robert McCullough

By Stuart Woods

Random House of Canada is expanding its editorial presence beyond its downtown Toronto headquarters, launching what it describes as a "boutique imprint" under West Coast“based publisher Robert McCullough. Appetite by Random House will publish about ... Read More »

February 27, 2012 | Filed under: Industry news

Indigo president resigns as profits fall in third quarter

By Stuart Woods

After less than a year in the role, Tedford G. Marlow has resigned as president of Indigo Books & Music and resumed a senior position with U.S.-based retailer Urban Outfitters, where he has been named ... Read More »

February 9, 2012 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

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ECW Press launches pop culture series

Tish Cohen, Trevor Cole to publish with Good Reads adult literacy series

Random House of Canada merges M&S and Doubleday Canada into new group

PEI pulls publishing grant – again

Macmillan, Penguin fire back at U.S. Department of Justice

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to file for Chapter 11

Killer comics, part one: Koyama Publishing and Conundrum Press

High art: Is Drawn & Quarterly Canada’s greatest unsung publishing success story?

Random House of Canada launches lifestyle imprint under Robert McCullough

Indigo president resigns as profits fall in third quarter

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