The closed stores were described as either “not profitable or very, very marginal.”
Indie-bookseller platform Bookmanager are heroes of the pandemic
Chances are if you’ve ordered a book online from an indie bookseller, you have interacted with Bookmanager.
Mobile bookstore Notability reports surge in orders from across Canada for Black literature
As anti-Black racism protests have energized Canadians, she’s seen orders for her titles, 95 per cent of which are by authors from across the African-Caribbean diaspora, expand from local communities in the Greater Toronto Area to include all of Canada over the past week.
University of Toronto Press donating profits from Black studies book sales to Black Lives Matter Toronto
University of Toronto Press is committing 100 per cent of the profits from the sale of its Black studies publications.
Login Canada extends helping hand to booksellers with free shipping to online customers
Sixty-five brick-and-mortar college and university bookstores and 28 indie trade booksellers participate in the long-running affiliate program.
RMB publisher Don Gorman creates new Google map tracking Black-owned bookstores
Of the 61 stores listed, only two are in Canada.
Indigo-owned Coles store in Prince Albert shuts down after 38+ years in business
A sign posted on the storefront says that the location will be closed effective immediately.
Indigo’s financial difficulties have a blowback effect for Canadian publishers and distributors
As provinces ease restrictions on retail, many booksellers proceed with caution
As B.C., Saskatchewan, and Ontario lifted restrictions on retail the week of May 19, the choice to reopen or not proved to be as individual as the varied independent bookstores across the provinces.
Scholastic shifts marketing campaign online for Hunger Games prequel
Denise Anderson, Scholastic Canada’s director of marketing and publicity, shares behind-the-scenes details about the campaign for the blockbuster The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, which launched officially May 19.
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